Word: mahatma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This is one case where slightly different meanings make a world of difference. Non-violent direct action is boltcutters and gas masks to CDAS. To Sharp, as to Mahatma Gandhi, it means total non-violence with a willingness to suffer. No masks of helmets, no running away when the police come for you: bodies, not boltcutters. It is not a very visible line, but it's easier to draw than it seems. The farther away from personal involvement--literal personal involvement--the less effective...