[TheLurkerX]

That's the reasoning that's made sure no people that subscribed to a pacifist doctrine ever held power.

[preacher_man]

That's the reasoning that's made sure no people that subscribed to a pacifist doctrine ever held power I am not a pacifist.

If somebody hits me, I'll hit them back.

However, hitting somebody back when I know the result will be him and his hillbilly family throwing rocks at my kids for the next 2 years is NOT wise, and finding another recourse is NOT pacifism.