I definitely do not agree with all of his points. I will tell you though that I agree generally with his pacifist stand and hold in especially high regard those who were able to practice this type of stand under the most adverse of circumstances (e.g. MLK, Gandhi). I think he too is practicing this stand under adverse circumstances.
Now in regards to your points I definitely agree when it comes to, for instance, a basketball game or an Olympic match: fight till you have nothing left. What I find especially sad is that as generally smart beings and ideally stewards of the earth we cannot turn this competitive, 'crush the bully' instinct off when it comes to matters of life and death. With September 11th we had so many lives lost here on this soil and it was so terribly sad however my sadness has only grown with the realization that we are about to approach that same number of lives lost in Iraq, not to mention all those who are injured or affected now for life (my friend who works in the VA says that it is incredibly busy and sad in there these days). My heart also goes out to those well meaning Iraqis whose life has either been snuffed out or altered forever because of this heinous, illegal war and cycle of violence.
