[Skybird]

Shall we compare the numbers of revolutions, violent uprises and wars being fought against "evil" with where the world would be today if they would not have been fought, not to mention: would have been lost? Should we consider the number of tyrants and dicators who had been driven out by force, barbaric ideologies overcome by violent resistance, and the power monopoles of some and abuse of these broken with brute force?

Peaceful revolutions are a relatively young phenomenon, and not many examples are to be given. Wars have had a tremendous influence in shaping the world we currently have. Also in shaping our today's freedoms, and local peace.

Freedom is no natural right by birth, but a conseqeunce of action. Freedom needs to be fought for, and needs to be defended, if needed by force. He who is not willing to fight for freedom, his or that of his children, does not deserve freedom, for he does not esteem it. Such is a man who carelessly throws it away and does not see the loss, and minimises it.

And let's face it - Ghandi only is a name in the history book because he confronted the British, and the British Empire after all - and despite undeniable excesses - all in all was a relatively civilised power that I rate much higher in reputation than it is en vogue today. If Ghandi would have had to deal with Stalin's Russia or Hitler's Third Reich, with Tamerlan'S kingdom or the Mongoles, we would not even know today that he ever had existed, for already his first pacifistic rally would have been shot or hacked into bloody pieces.