| Awaken Bharata |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| THE TWO WINGS OF DHARMA | |
| The
Problem of Appeasement
If we respond to the violence or bigotry of others by appeasing them - by giving in to their demands or granting them special favors in order to keep them from becoming violent - such a practice is not truly non-violence, even though it may appear to avoid violence. It is violence against oneself and against truth, and in the long run only aggravates violence in others who learn that the threat of violence gets them what they want. Whatever we appease, we give power to. Appeasing violent people to end their violence only succeeds in making them more violent in the long run. It teaches them that violence or the threat of violence makes other people cater to them, which naturally encourages them to adapt it as a way of action.Appeasing violence in others under the pretext of non-violence is really practicing violence in disguise. It is not avoiding violence but reinforcing it, postponing perhaps its immediate effect but strengthening its eventual consequences. |
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