It is quite likely that the militants in Kshmir have carried out this massacre to put the Kashmir issue in the forefront during the Clinton visit. Whatever the purpose such acts cannot be condoned under any circumstances, even if the cause be just. Unless we learn to consider human life any life for that matter sacred no cause is worth supporting. In order that human life can flourish and that there is no undue suffering. Here again it is worth stressing that violence cannot solve any problem, it only aggravates it.
Violence appears justified in certain circumstances to certain people.
But those who take long term view and are aware of consequences would never advocate its use, much less such indiscriminate use. Violence has no place in any society, much less in a democratic society. Here Gandhiji remains most relevant. His philosophy of non-violence, whatever its source of inspiration, is not only relevant but also morally highly desirable. In a democratic society violence is democracy s very anti-thesis.