You're quite right to question that post of mine Buzzer, and you've exposed a number of simplicities contained within. So, a few qualifications, and then another point.
Qualifications: you're right to question the comment that 'the only way to break a violent state is with violence', and the...
One question in politics is: what is the state? One of the most compelling responses to this question was provided by Max Weber, who said that the state has a monopoly on violence. If this is the case, then the apartheid state has a monopoly on violence, and the only way to break it is to...