Dear Martin,
I was thinking about you this past week, being your birthday and all and wanted to thank you for one of the many great life lessons you taught me.
You once wrote
The nonviolent resister does not seek to humiliate or defeat the opponent but to win his friendship and understanding…The nonviolent resister seeks to attack the evil system rather than individuals who happen to be caught up in the system.
While I love the concept and try very hard to incorporate it into my life, it has been a struggle. I still fail often despite my best intentions.
The problem is that it is so much easier to muster up the energy to fight a bad idea when I can put an enemy in front of it. Hating an idea is so much easier when I can see Glenn Beck or Bill Maher’s face. It’s personal then and when it gets personal I have more fight in me.
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