tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207727415505589872.post5258026726324216073..comments2023-04-01T16:21:13.078-04:00Comments on Double-crossing the Rubicon: Terror, nonviolence, and IsraelThe Familiar Strangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07375291985752875063noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207727415505589872.post-13993021376407535222011-07-01T17:45:14.299-04:002011-07-01T17:45:14.299-04:00Just a followup to this, Loren. Just today I saw t...Just a followup to this, Loren. Just today I saw two people refer to the passengers on the second Gaza flotilla as terrorists.<br /><br />Nonviolent terrorists. Hmmm?The Familiar Strangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07375291985752875063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207727415505589872.post-43087007681268800822011-03-24T12:10:47.025-04:002011-03-24T12:10:47.025-04:00Thanks for an insightful essay, Isaac. I cannot ag...Thanks for an insightful essay, Isaac. I cannot agree with your idea that things like bomb threats or sending white powder in envelopes are "nonviolent terrorism," although I'm not sure what to call it. Nonviolence, as I see it, seeks to absorb violence and pain into oneself as a sort of redemptive act for the whole people. Certainly the nonviolence advocated by Gandhi, King, and Bonhoeffer (less so by Mandela, but still visible even there), would never countenance such actions since they involve genuine pain inflicted on the psyche. I think, myself - or at least I hope - that if Israelis were confronted with a genuinely nonviolent Palestinian movement that refused to attack but also refused to move, they might very well experience a change of heart. Hope springs eternal in the human breast! :-)Loren Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031471941632151640noreply@blogger.com