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marmar

(77,081 posts)
Sun Dec 21, 2014, 11:28 PM Dec 2014

“Any government's condemnation of terrorism is only credible.............

[font size="4"]............if it shows itself to be responsive to persistent, reasonable, closely argued, non-violent dissent. And yet, what's happening is just the opposite. The world over, non-violent resistance movements are being crushed and broken. If we do not respect and honour them, by default we privilege those who turn to violent means.”[/font]

-- Arundhati Roy


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