I think avoiding unecessary violence is a good thing. I also believe like many of my countrymen, that violence has solved quite a bit of the world's ills. We have learned that negotiating with terrorists does not work but shooting them in the face works. We have learned that negotiating with the Nazis didn't work, so we had to shoot them in the face. We learned that negotiation with the Brits didn't work, so we had to shoot them in the face. We also learned that negotiation with the Japanese wasn't going to work, so we nuked them in the face. Violence isn't always something to be avoided and is often necessary to get long lasting freedom.