Making the distinction between force and violence
Posted byajmacdonaldjron April 3, 2012 “The peace of Christ is not,therefore, any peace whatever,peace at any cost. It is peacefounded on justice; therefore when justice isviolated and there is noother means of redressing it, it islawful to have recourse to force,which is entirely different fromviolence, since it is not summonedto the service of caprice or of passions, (like violence), but of lawand order.” ~ Msgr. Luigi Civardi of Catholic Action April 2012 – “This is domesticterrorism. Period. It is designed to silence women, and it is perpetrated by religiousnutjobs who believe that taking a life to save a life makes sense.” ~ ABL (Bombs Over
Planned Parenthood)WLUK FOX 11 NEWS VIDEO –Device causes explosion, fire at Planned ParenthoodWhat’s wrong with the statement: “religious nutjobs who believe that taking a life tosave a life mak es sense”?Who doesn’t believe taking a life in order to save a life, in certain situations, makessense? Unless one is a pacifist, no one has a problem with someone, especially thepolice, taking the life of a violent person in order to rescue an innocent person whoselife is in jeopardy, which makes the statement above absurd and ridiculous, which iswhat the pro-abortion position is, and, too, for one to be pro-abortion is for one to beon the wrong side of history, justice, and love. Theunborn child is utterly defenseless,unable to fend-off the assault of the abortionist, and it’s aCatholic’s dutyto defendinnocents.
On force and violence, justice and passion:Force is the empowerment of law andorder: force: power to influence, affect,orcontrol; efficacious power: the forceof circumstances; a force for law andorder. Latin: fortia; derivative of Latin:fortis; strong. Violence to act against someone out of passion and anger rather than from adesire to see law, order, and justice upheld:violence: an unjust, unwarranted, orunlawful display of force, esp. such as tendsto overawe or intimidate. damage,” from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. violence, from Latin: violentia “vehemence, impetuosity,” fromviolentus “vehement, f orcible,” probably related to violare (see:violate).
Justice is to render to each that which is their due: justice, the moral principledetermining just conduct; conformity to this principle, as manifested in conduct; justconduct, dealing, or treatment; to act or treat justly or fairly the administering of deserved punishment or reward. Latin j
ū
stitia, equivalent to j
ū
st ( us ) just1 + -itia-
icePassion is emotional as opposed to being rational: passion anypowerf ul or compellingemotion or feeling, asloveor hate. Latin passi
ō
n- (stem of passi
ō
n), special use of Late Latinpassi
ō
suffering, submission, derivative of Latin passus, past participle of pat
ī
to suffer,submit. A case study of violence and force: Violence: a man who has just attempted to rob a Capital One Bank branch at TakomaPark Md., attempted escape by taking a hostage at gunpoint.Force: as the robber was escaping, he slips on ice. Police, with their weapons drawnseized the chance, shooting the robber as his hostage made it to safety. The hostage-taking robber later died of his wounds. VIDEO –Hostage Taking Bank Robber Shot and Killed VIDEO –Chinese Police rescue hostage andtake the kidnaper
VIDEO -Fr. Barron comments on Abortion: ShockingNumbers out of New York VIDEO -Fr. Marcel Guarnizo – Summer of Mercy 2.0See:Concerning women and legal abortions: abortion on demand is degrading andunjust for womenPeace founded on justice. Jesus came upon earth not only to preach peace, but to bring justice, which is the foundation and the safeguard of peace, as we have seen. Theprophet Isaiah, speaking of the future Redeemer, says: “And justice shall be the girdleof his loins.” (Is. 6:5). And the Psalmist, describing the work of the Messiah, exclaimed: “Justice and peace have kissed.” (Ps. 84:11). How Christ inculcated justice, the basicvirtue of individual and social life, we have already seen. His disciples must not only “hunger and thirst after justice” (Matt. 5:6), but they must be ready to suffer every kindof persecution rather than default in their duties toward justice. In fact, the lastbeatitude runs thus: “Blessed are they that suffer persecution for the sake of justice, fortheirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt. 5:10).
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