Violence: Nonviolence and Martin Luther King
Violence is the only effective weapon available to the people who are oppressed. How far do you agree or disagree?
I personally do not agree that violence is the only effective weapon available to the oppressed people. It is not the only way for people to get their view across or secure their rights and justice. However, throughout the history of mankind, violence has been widely used as a method to gain control over a person or a group of people or a nation. Unfortunately, the present day media is also filled with news of violence. What exactly is violence? Violence can be described as an act of intentional harm to some individual or group. Violence can be physical, mental or sometimes even emotional. It disturbs peace and harmony in the society and slows down the overall development. Securing ownership over land and resources, power hungry leadership, extremism, racism, sociocultural differences, ethnic and caste conflicts are causes of violence. For example, the violence between the Indians and the Pakistanis over the land of Kashmir is motivated by the desire of securing land and resources. The conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is driven by religious differences and extremism. There are constant fights between different tribes in many parts of Africa. These African tribal conflicts are usually motivated by ethnic and caste differences. Centuries prolonged conflicts between the "blacks" and the "whites" were the results of racism. There are still residues of similar conflicts in different corners of the world. Adopting peaceful methods of protestation for making your voice heard have positive impacts on obtaining lasting peace. For example, in South Africa, the white minority apartheid government ruled over the ethnic black majority. They used cruel violent methods to oppress ethnic blacks. However, the African National Congress chaired by Nelson Mandela insisted for peaceful reconciliation with apartheid. In the referendum held on 17 March
I personally do not agree that violence is the only effective weapon available to the oppressed people. It is not the only way for people to get their view across or secure their rights and justice. However, throughout the history of mankind, violence has been widely used as a method to gain control over a person or a group of people or a nation. Unfortunately, the present day media is also filled with news of violence. What exactly is violence? Violence can be described as an act of intentional harm to some individual or group. Violence can be physical, mental or sometimes even emotional. It disturbs peace and harmony in the society and slows down the overall development. Securing ownership over land and resources, power hungry leadership, extremism, racism, sociocultural differences, ethnic and caste conflicts are causes of violence. For example, the violence between the Indians and the Pakistanis over the land of Kashmir is motivated by the desire of securing land and resources. The conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is driven by religious differences and extremism. There are constant fights between different tribes in many parts of Africa. These African tribal conflicts are usually motivated by ethnic and caste differences. Centuries prolonged conflicts between the "blacks" and the "whites" were the results of racism. There are still residues of similar conflicts in different corners of the world. Adopting peaceful methods of protestation for making your voice heard have positive impacts on obtaining lasting peace. For example, in South Africa, the white minority apartheid government ruled over the ethnic black majority. They used cruel violent methods to oppress ethnic blacks. However, the African National Congress chaired by Nelson Mandela insisted for peaceful reconciliation with apartheid. In the referendum held on 17 March