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How far should protests go?
(live feed of Kiev protest Rt.com )
That depends on how [un]civil the establishment is...
If it's a government that at least still pay lip service to things like human rights and international opinions, then protest should stay nonviolent.
If it's a government who's intention is to maximize human suffering within its boundaries (or simply not afraid to do whatever it takes to maintain their grip on power), then armed revolt is the only option.
What I find disappointing is that there aren't enough violent protests to big problems. This protest in Chicago was protesting NATO's illegal and evil bombings of civilians and it just looked like a picnic. It was full of self-righteous, middle class, hipsters who basically held up signs in silence and had hot dog stands there and sat around meditating as if they're morally superior and think that being against war is their minority movement and that they're the first ones to be against that. No surprise that absolutely nothing worthwhile for the news to report. No molotovs being thrown at cars, no people resisting arrest; just a big happy picnic.
I think people should be humane because of their own beliefs (ie 10 commandments) and not because some government law says that destroying property is bad. Therefore I think that protests should be within reason.
It depends really. If the protest is about something worthwhile, as those in the Ukraine and Turkey are, then it is more reasonable for them to increase in scale. Personally, I support the Ukrainian and Turkish protesters for reasons that I could write about for hours but shan't. Violence is not always right, but it sure as heck is expedient.