He inspired Dr (Martin Luther Kingg" with his message of non-violence, Obama said of the inspirational leader Mahatma Ghandi.
But this was not an embrace but a rejection of King's message of non-violence, which Obama correctly argued would have been inadequate to stop the rise of Hitler.
While acknowledging the message of non-violence of Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Obama, the first sitting US president in 90 years to win the Nobel peace prize, said sometimes force was necessary.
Both men clearly have some talking to do to their own officials to get the message of non-violence across; and if some heads have to roll in that process, let them roll.The subcomandante too must play his part, as a congressional committee this week was trying, through intermediaries, to persuade him.
Beheshti's task, he now believes, is to spread the message of non-violence to others.
He tells Ricky about those early years and why he still teaches the message of non-violence in schools and communities across America.
Youth actively shared their participation across social media platforms further extending their message of non-violence.
The message of non-violence has to come loud and clear so that it can be heard from a young age.
Though the speech failed dismally to achieve its goal--a crowd outside the meeting hall threw stones and, sensing the hopelessness of his cause, Camus subsequently retreated into a position of 'silence'--historian and Camus biographer Robert Zaretsky argues for the relevance of Camus's message of non-violence to our own era of seemingly endemic terrorism and counter-terrorism.
After drawing a distinction between the "tactical" use of terror by the Algerian FLN (Front de Libération Nationale) and the "nihilistic" terrorism of the ISIS recruits who have recently struck civilian targets in Europe, Zaretsky proposes that Camus's message of non-violence was intended, not for the nihilists--who would presumably just turn a deaf ear--but for "us".
NEW YORK, United States of America, 1 October, 2013 – The International Day of Non-Violence, held every year on 2 October, was created to commemorate the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, whose philosophy and message of non-violence has inspired countless individuals and movements for freedom and civil rights.
