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Under what conditions, if any, can violent action be said to be “legitimate?”Violence; physical or verbal is destructive and degrading. When people use violence against one another, and leaders try to portray their cause as legitimate before the court of public opinion then we need to listen to the trumpets that are being blown
It is not easy to distinguish between justifiable and unjustifiable violence, legitimate or illegitimate violence, or good or bad forms or uses of violence and force. However violence whether good or bad it’s always tragic. This is why we must question Moses Kuria’s intentions to introduce the Kenya Stand Your Ground Bill that will justify violence in the name of self-defence.
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