I disagree. Pacificism may prevent evil if one is dealing with decency to begin with, such as Ghandi with the British, or the efforts of Martin Luther King, by which right and good prevailed essentially because the outreach was to a people who are predominantly good, i.e., Americans.
Otherwise, pacifism facilitates evil.
Thank you. You have acknowledged my point (that your blanket statement was meaningless)!
My friend, you hit the nail on the provobial head. Pacifism only works in the West where there is some decency and values left, not by much. Ghandhi would have been killed right away if he did what he did in Communist China or the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany.