Back at the house she's sharing with four friends, Pi starts talking. There was the sense of getting ready for something big, something large. She goes on to describe conflicts between some of the anarchists and other protesters. There was an ideological tension. She is an advocate of property destruction, which she does not consider violence.
Violence is only something that is done from one person to another person.
Even then, allowances can be made. If you're going to be violent towards a Nazi, I'm going to pat you on the back . . . That said, Pi believes the property destruction in Seattle diminished rather than emphasized that point of the WTO protests. I do know that in the long line of protests that I've been to . He says his actions were justified because the targeted corporations rape the environment and exploit workers.