An invitation to renew Abdul Ghaffar Khan's life-long non-violent struggle against injustice.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
This Isn't Rocket Science
"War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war." --Anatole France (recorded by Leo Tolstoy in his Daily Reading).
Amitabh Pal, "A Pacifist Uncovered," http://www.progressive.org/mag_amitpalabdul
Leo Tolstoy, The Law of Love and the Law of Violence, University Press of the Pacific, 2001.
H. D. Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience," http://thoreau.eserver.org/default.html
Statement of Conscientious Objection to War in Any Form
I hereby affirm, and publish for all the world to witness, my moral opposition to the use of violence to settle disputes. Consequently, I refuse to participate in, or cooperate with, any group, organization, or agency of government that would require me to engage in any act of violence against a fellow human being. Furthermore, I hereby pledge and affirm, from this day forward, to organize my life and livelihood in such a way as to promote peacemaking as a practical ideal.
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