On Violence
WHEN OR WHY IS IT JUSTIFIED?
Hannah Arendt
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“Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who
know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.”
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“Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.”
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“Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the
other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its
own course it ends in power's disappearance.”
Is the use of violence justified in the
face of tyranny?
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There are 4 options for this exercise:
Agree, Somewhat Agree, Somewhat disagree, and Disagree.
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Without sharing with anyone else, please write your name on the
sticky side, and your first choice on the dry side.
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Once your answer is written down, please flip over and show your
note, then place your choice in the appropriate square on the
board. While you’re up front, please grab a note sheet.
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As we move through each of the sections, please fill out on the
notes sheet at least one argument for each section. These can
come either from your classmates, your teacher, or the very smart
people being quoted.
Agree (strongly)
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Why?
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“And it is clear that in the colonial countries the
peasants alone are revolutionary, for they have
nothing to lose and everything to gain. The starving
peasant, outside the class system is the first among the
exploited to discover that only violence pays. For him
there is no compromise, no possible coming to terms;
colonization and decolonization is simply a question of
relative strength.”
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“Violence is man re-creating himself. ”
― Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
Somewhat Agree
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Why? What are the limitations?
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“The end may justify the means as long as
there is something that justifies the end.”
― Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours
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Switch your selection now if convinced.
Somewhat Disagree
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Why? When is it acceptable?
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"It doesn't mean that I advocate violence, but
at the same time, I am not against using
violence in self-defense. I don't call it violence
when it's self-defense, I call it intelligence.“
- Malcolm X
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Switch your selection now if convinced.
Disagree (strongly)
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Why? What is the alternative?
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“I object to violence because when it
appears to do good, the good is only
temporary; the evil it does is
permanent.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
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“Returning violence for violence
multiplies violence, adding deeper
darkness to a night already devoid of
stars... Hate cannot drive out hate:
only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
For the remainder…
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Please turn in your note sheets.
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If anyone is missing their twitter timeline or facebook page, please
turn them in today.
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You may work on your groups poster from last day using either
symbol and image or a cartoon to support the goals of the 3rd
Estate.