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Violence is justifiable only when your life or someone else’s life is in danger, and you are defending yourself/defending someone else.

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I think that violence is only justifiable in the case of it being the only option to defend against an immediate threat.

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It is justifiable on a personal level in personal self defense, where it has become the last thing that can decide who lives between one with an already assumed intent to harm you and one who did not necessarily harbor that intent. The more personal the tradeoff is, the more justifiable. It might not be justifiable on a larger scale as a means of advancing status or making statements (social/civic) but its effectiveness is noteworthy enough to be understood if not completely justified

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Violence should always be a last resort when making things right. The only time violence should be used is when you are defending yourself or someone else.

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In my opinion, violence is only justifiable as a response to unjustifiable violence or other inhumane acts, and only if it is directed at the person or group who did such things.

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I think violence is only justified if one is directly trying to defend themselves.

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I think that violence can be justifiable, when used in self-defense, or the defense of someone else. What Guitar is doing is not justified, since the people that he and his group targets are innocent people who don't pose a threat to them, despite their logic.

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Violence is usually used when someone or a group of people is in the highest level of desperation and it is the only option. In that case, it is justifiable, but it wouldn't be justifiable if something else would achieve the goal being sought after. Never use violence if there is not a genuine cause behind it.

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Violence begets violence, and in a civilized society, justice can't be served unless the arbiters of justice pursue justice to the highest degree, which I believe can't include capital punishment.

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I think violence can be justified in certain scenarios. I think that in the scenario of Guitar and the Seven Days, it isn't entirely justifiable but it is very understandable. When a group of people have been systematically dehumanized for hundreds of years, violence towards the oppressing class is almost inevitable. However, I think that using violence as a form of justice or punishment, like the death-penalty, only leads to a society that revolves around, and breeds more violence.

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I think violence is justifiable in self defense, where you have to protect yourself. Violence stems from anger and hatred but self-defense stems from instinct and fighting for your life. The motive in defending yourself and fighting for your life when you are in danger is extremely different than a motive to be violent towards someone. I think it comes down to what the motive is and the circumstances. I can't say it is always justifiable or never or even sometimes because it depends on the case.

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I think it is only justifiable when used to defend yourself or others from physical danger. Some people believe revenge is a justifiable reason for violence but I believe violence should not be the answer unless you are physically in danger.

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I believe that violence is never the correct option, but it is justifiable if it is the only way to prevent someone else from hurting you. In Guitar and the Seven Days's case, the violence is not justified, because Guitar isn't going to be less hurt if he doesn't kill those people, and even admits that killing the people doesn't stop the killing that would be done to black people anyway

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I think that there are very few occasions when violence is justifiable. I think that almost all the time there is another way to handle a situation peacefully. But unfortunately I also think that violence is what many people think  first when it comes to handling a situation.

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Only in self defense or the defense of somebody close to you (ie. Family) 

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Only in self defense or the defense of somebody close to you (ie. Family) 

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I think there are very few instances when violence is justifiable, but sometimes when there is injustice against a group and no other means have made any impact on stopping this injustice, there can nothing else to do to create change. However I do not think that killing randomly and potentially innocent people like the Seven Days is doing is justifiable violence. Although African Americans in the US have dealt with so much injustice and violence might be the only way to create meaningful change, I do not think that killing and especially not random people that could be innocent is a justifiable avenue for the violence that may be necessary.

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I believe that violence is justifiable only in the defense of life. This defense could either be of the self, i.e. Pilate defending herself from Macon II in the cave, or of another, i.e. Macon I hitting his father; however, violence should be considered lastly not firstly and should be carried out with great seriousness.

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Violence is justifiable only when you or a loved one’s life is in danger and you are protecting yourself/somebody in danger. 

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Violence is justifiable only when you or a loved one’s life is in danger and you are protecting yourself/somebody in danger. 

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Violence is justifiable when defending ones own. The premise that Guitar and his group operate on disrupts order; as they are killing white people who have no direct connection to hate crimes against African Americans. 

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Violence is justifiable when defending ones own. The premise that Guitar and his group operate on disrupts order; as they are killing white people who have no direct connection to hate crimes against African Americans. 

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 Violence is only justifiable if you are in danger and someone physically hurting you

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 Violence is only justifiable if you are in danger and someone physically hurting you

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I think violence is justifiable if it is necessary to defend ones self but otherwise there are very few instances when violence is okay. Like when Macon had to stab that white man because it seemed like he was going to attack him. In the case of Guitar and The Seven Days though, they are using violence to "make numbers even" because of his idea that all white people are bad. At the end of the day though, he is still killing innocent people and adding to the overall violence and deaths. This is understandable because of all the hate and violence against African Americans for so many years but that doesn't make it justifiable.

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I think violence is justifiable if it is necessary to defend ones self but otherwise there are very few instances when violence is okay. Like when Macon had to stab that white man because it seemed like he was going to attack him. In the case of Guitar and The Seven Days though, they are using violence to "make numbers even" because of his idea that all white people are bad. At the end of the day though, he is still killing innocent people and adding to the overall violence and deaths. This is understandable because of all the hate and violence against African Americans for so many years but that doesn't make it justifiable.

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Although Guitar and the Seven Days are justifiably angry, their violent actions are not. Hate breeds more hate, and the existence of their society shows that. The violence against African Americans being returned to "even the score" is not a valid reason to harm others. The fact that the society actively seeks out people to kill, even if it's random, still makes the violence senseless and cruel

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I don't think it is ever justifiable except in self-defense, which in that case it would be against someone else being violent. In the novel Guitar justifies it by saying he is making the numbers even, but I don't think he makes the impact he thinks he is making. He is just hurting more and more people and he, just like the white people in the story seeing black people in the same way, does not see white people as real people. For most people it is impossible to kill someone and not feel the immense guilt, to be able to do that you must not see the person you are inflicting the harm on as a real person.