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In Reply to: Our stance on physical violence posted by Coordinator on January 15, 2005 at 00:03:59:
By Jules:
Still, it is important to remember that no matter what the problem is, violence is not the answer, whether that violence is against ourselves, or against others. Many of us have had friends or family who have taken their lives, and we know first hand the pain and devastation that death can cause.
Regardless of how we feel towards individuals who mistreated or abused us in the past, we believe it is important that violence is not used as a means to settle scores. These issues must be settled in a court of law, not by individual acts of revenge. While the facts regarding these events are still not clear, what happened to Ricky Rodriguez and Angela Smith was a horrible tragedy, and something that we sincerely hope is never repeated.
