{UAH} Ideological Nonviolence

It is a 'weapon' available to all, it is least likely to alienate opponents and third parties, and it breaks the cycle of violence and counter-violence. It leaves open the possibility of conversion, it ensures that the media focus on the issue at hand rather than some tangential act of violence and it is the surest way of achieving public sympathy. Further, it is more likely to produce a constructive rather than a destructive outcome, it is a method of conflict resolution that may aim to arrive at the truth of a given situation

For many adherents of nonviolence, the rationale for it being the preferred method of political activism rests on more than a pragmatic assessment that it works better than other methods. It is good not only because it 'works' but also because it is 'right'. These activists tend to see the aim of nonviolence as persuasion and conversion of opponents, rather than coercion.

First, one can resist evil without resorting to violence.

Second, nonviolence seeks to win the ''friendship and understanding'' of the opponent, not to humiliate him.

Third, evil itself, not the people committing evil acts, should be opposed.

Fourth, those committed to nonviolence must be willing to suffer without retaliation as suffering itself can be redemptive.

Fifth, nonviolent resistance avoids ''external physical violence'' and ''internal violence of spirit'' as well: ''the nonviolent resister not only refuses to shoot his opponent but he also refuses to hate.

Sixth principle is that the nonviolent resister must have a ''deep faith in the future.

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