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H2O Man

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5. Yes, you are right.

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 06:13 PM

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It's a curious thing, really. To paraphrase Malcolm, if one follows this path, they risk going to the Emergency Room, jail, or the cemetery .... and if one doesn't follow it, they risk going to the Emergency Room, jail, or the cemetery.

Intense march you were on! It reminds me of an important point: these are people who would consider it good to dynamite a church and kill four little girls. That is something that was embedded in my mind long, long ago, and is just as true today. So I appreciate that our side finds the murder of a woman depressing, and the administration's response intimidating. And I agree 110% that organized non-violence makes them furious, for they do not understand it other than to know on some level that it exposes them as weaklings.

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Yes, you are right. H2O Man Monday #5

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Non-violence didn't work against Hitler. At all. SamuelTheThird Monday #7

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I guess I wasn't clear SamuelTheThird Monday #20

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