Violence Only Provokes More Violence

Gandhi has been my hero. I’ve read a lot by him and about him. His 200-mile march to the sea stands out. They went to make their own salt to protest the salt tax. At every village more villagers joined the march. I know I’d have joined if I’d been there. What I remember most is that they had to cross a bridge and the British were waiting on the other side. Ten people went across and the British mowed them down. Ten more went across and the British mowed them down. The next ten went across and nothing happened. The British could not keep killing these nonviolent people. If they had fought back with sticks, stones, or whatever, I am convinced the British would have continued to mow them down. Violence only provokes more violence. ~reflection by Phyllis Hockley, EarthRise reflection

O for nonviolent ways to change the local-earth community. Namaste.