Yeah, Politics, No Cut Tag, Proceed At Your Own Risk

[pantryslut]

Headline on Alternet:

"The Ends Still Do Not Justify The Means."

I remember when certain revolutionaries' choice of tactics was discredited in this way -- "but the ends do not justify the means!"

Why is that critic ism valid when talking of certain forms of direct action, but not when discussing "pre-emptive war"?

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[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Answer: because direct action violates the state's monopoly on the use of force.