Would you participate?

[Aimee30]

If you were presented with the opportunity to participate in an armed revolutionary movement, if it was for a just cause, would you participate

Say a ruthless dictator had taken control of your country. And you KNEW the only way to effect change was through revolution, armed revolution, would you participate? Bear in mind you could possibly take a job that didnt require you to kill anyone. But you would be aiding the group.

Would you participate, why or why not?

I would definately participate. Better to die on your feet than live on your face with a boot on your head.

I had some wiseacre thing to say but due to the patriot act I can't.

Anyway, I guess it would depend on if it was a hopeless situation or not.

 

[sanaa]

The circumstance of the OT state that peaceful resistance is not possible. Peaceful demonstrations are met with machine guns and rifles with no concern for the death toll of civilians. Organizing a rally is a death sentence for the participants, a guarantee that government troops will show up, order everyone to disperse, then open fire on those who dont leave.

The question was "If the only option left is violent resistance, open warfare, would you fight?"

ive already answered that . taking ur premise to be true where violence is the only option left i would fight .

 

[sanaa]

I'm really not trying to be rude, but I think you're exagerating Gandhi's importance to an absurd level. He was one man. He did not have the power to "call off the entire movement" because the movement was that of ordinary people struggling against their oppressers. Furthermore, it was the threat of violence by many and not the peaceful actions of a few which truly frightened the British establishment.

am sorry but i really think i know more about indian history than you do . till date Gandhi is called the father of the nation . why do you think he was called "Mahatma" . Mahatma means great soul in hindi . Mahatma is not his name . He did have the power to call of the entire movement . case in point being the 1942 Quit India movement . Gandhi himself had planned and organized the whole movement and it was doing great . but he had a condition that there would be no violence . however a few indians let their emotions get the better of themselves and 2 british policemen were killed at a town called Chouri Choura . as soon as the news reached Gandhi he called off the entire movement at that very moment . His decision disappointed many indians and they protested but he stuck to his position . Gandhi's peaceful actions helped choke the british economically ( eg. Dandi March ) . when they left i believe it was for economic reasons , it was not possible to control India anymore