<no one, not you or anyone, can give any reasons in favour of violence other than 'Look what they've done!>

youth - I doubt you'll find that any that have posted on this thread are 'in favor' of violence. No one jumps up and down with glee thankful that there is bloodshed.

However, unless you are a person who would let someone bang down your door, hold a gun to your head, tell you that he is going to kill you, and you would do nothing to stop him but say 'gee, please don't', then you too would at some point choose violence as a means to save your life. That's what the argument here is - that violence is sometimes necessary.

<By resorting to, or sanctioning violence we all admit defeat.>

I'll admit defeat all day long before I let my family be hurt.