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julbasur (October 5th, 2009 @ 8:47 pm)

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lohdeepak (June 8th, 2009 @ 9:54 pm)

Great video...more lectures on BigGyan.

camipco (January 22nd, 2008 @ 4:52 am)

I'm not entirely convinced by rule 2. For example, the counter example he gives of the IRA prisoners fasting against the British I would argue had a crucial positive effect. It undermined the message of the British government that the IRA were just terrorists without legitimate grievances, and was an important step in the demands of the Irish Republican movement being seen as legitimate in Britain. I'd say it sowed the seeds for the negotiations a decade later.

bundarapapa (December 28th, 2007 @ 2:17 pm)

I have setup a facebook group for all interested to join and share ideas. Simply search for keyword "PACS 164A" in facebook should be able to take you there. (Youtube does not allow naked url in comment)

KKKKKDAWG (October 17th, 2007 @ 10:02 pm)

The actions of the women, a demonstration of the "non-violence arsenal", were only used as a "last resort" (note how well the other rules for successful non-violence action are satisfied in this example). Well applied non-violence should more often than not avoid this "last resort" situation.

KKKKKDAWG (October 17th, 2007 @ 10:01 pm)

In the latter case, who is to say that we might not have a far better current existence if violence (and/or the intention of violence) had not been used in the past? Furthermore, in the example with the women saving the Muslims, if structural violence had not existed, and positive energy had been inputted in the situation right from the very beginning, then the two ethnic groups might have already lived happily together in the same region.

KKKKKDAWG (October 17th, 2007 @ 10:00 pm)

I think the answers to the question lays in this lecture too. When you say "past negative conflicts", do you mean over evolutionary time-scales (millions of years) or political time-scales (thousands of years). In the former case, I would argue that early humans were not fully capable of violence for the same reasons as Duffy, there is the lack of intention and the intellect to foresee the consequences.

perspectual (October 7th, 2007 @ 11:12 pm)

lecture 05A 25mins helps to anwser my ignorance, just wish 'truth' was addressed in it properly and not pushed aside til a later date

perspectual (October 5th, 2007 @ 9:57 pm)

I'm open (and ignorant to the field at the moment) - my initial issue of dispute with pacs so far is, 2:47 'positive can not be brought about by negative means' But current human existence is based on past negative conflicts. Also his examples of women saving Muslim, that positive came from that negative situation So without conflict the positive inspiration could not have come about?.

Brenrhad (October 5th, 2007 @ 6:18 pm)

Beeindruckende Vorlesung!

goldenhind1 (October 4th, 2007 @ 10:50 am)

That story about Gandhi and sugar was really impressive. It also was a true eye-opener for me that he never fasted against the British but only his own people who loved him.