Its opening section is the part that’s least related, so you could skip it and begin with this part:
Back in 1983, I sat in on a conference on women and social change. There were fascinating people from all over the world, women who had been doing extraordinary things in their own countries, and who had gathered together to talk it through; and I got to be a fly on the wall.
During this conference, there was a recurring disagreement about the role of violence in fighting deeply unjust regimes.
I like the first section as well, especially the “war is not the instrument he thought it was” perspective.
(I grew up Quaker, and while at this point I am not 100% pacifist I am generally extremely skeptical about the ability of violence to improve situations)
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Its opening section is the part that’s least related, so you could skip it and begin with this part:
Excellent post; thanks for the link!
I like the first section as well, especially the “war is not the instrument he thought it was” perspective.
(I grew up Quaker, and while at this point I am not 100% pacifist I am generally extremely skeptical about the ability of violence to improve situations)