Nonviolence is a clumsy word

Avec : John Dear

love nonviolence peace

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Extraits marquants

Everything has been so co-opted by the culture of violence that the words "peace" and "love" don't work anymore.

Résumé

The word "Nonviolence" carries deeper meaning for us today than the words "peace" and "love".

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The word "Nonviolence" is very
complicated and clumsy and

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I totally get it. The problem
with the word "Nonviolence"

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is a problem of language.
You know everything has been so

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co-opted by the culture of
violence that the words "peace"

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and "love", in my opinion, don't
work anymore.

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Everybody is for peace.
Hitler was all for peace !

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George W. Bush was all for peace.
"Let's kill a million Iraqis

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we'll have peace"...

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Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace
Prize and waged seven wars.

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"I love my car", you know,
"I love my TV".

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These words have just been
so watered down

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but nobody uses the word
"Nonviolence" and that's why

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I've decided to stay with it.

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Nobody but Mahatma Gandhi
and Martin Luther King.

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They used the word "Nonviolence"
morning, noon and night

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every day of their life.

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That's all they talked about
and I've really studied this question.