General Discussion

I certainly advocate that everyone has the right to self-defense and defense of family. I always liked the way that Malcolm X spoke about this. If someone is breaking in your home to do you harm, send them to the mortuary.

But from extended family experiences in "The Troubles," that's not where we want to go. We have non-violent options available to us. Yet that requires that the Truth of Thomas Merton's saying that to be a non-violent force ismore difficult to master, requiring greater strength than violence requires, must take root within the individual.

Yes, we are in for a long, frequently difficult and dangerous struggle.