Reply #8: Illegal camping, blocking traffic, harassing businesses, public urination and defecation and

[The Last Blue Dog]

vandalism are not the actions of peaceful people. Nor are they classified as "speech."

At one point a man stood and asked, "Why has there been no official position of non-violence?" The question fell like a drop of water, spreading in rings throughout the crowd.

"Why has there been no official position of non-violence?"

"Why has there been no official position of non-violence?"

Twice the question was repeated by the crowd before the man spoke again. "In the fight against tyranny, it's time to draw the line," he said, "To fight violence with non-violence." The crowd erupted in cheers, but immediately someone stood to offer a different position, "I think the debate about what constitutes violence and what constitutes non-violence will have to wait," the man said, "I myself will not tell people they are wrong or right for what I believe."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/turnstyle/issue-of-violence-divides_b_1101715.html