Dannenröder forest and the limits of non-violence



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mes is enough. A demonstration against the expansion of Autobahn 49 not only resulted in a kilometer-long traffic jam on the A3 motorway, but also in a serious traffic accident with a seriously injured person. And that’s only because so-called environmental activists thought it was a good idea to rappel down from a highway bridge so they could unroll banners.

What was written there is irrelevant. The result is crucial. This is a protest against an infrastructure project in a modern industrial nation that has been scrutinized for decades. It’s about a better quality of life for noise-affected residents who have been experiencing unbearable traffic for a generation.

They are fighting for the construction of roads that naturally takes into account all the compensatory measures necessary for nature and the environment, which a large majority in the state parliament wants and which the Greens also support there. Of course, so-called activists also put themselves in danger. If something were to happen, the police would certainly be “guilty”. That can’t be said for the freeway crash victim. The triggers for this are clear. It is completely unnecessary escalation, and damage to police vehicles is also not a misdemeanor.

When a driver is driving drunk on the sidewalk, then it is not enough to implore God for help, you have to take the wheel away from the driver. With this example of the theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the limits of non-violence are explained to students of theology. Here it is very similar. The State, which reserves the monopoly on the use of force, must act against those who handle violence directly or indirectly. Enough is enough in Dannenröder Forest.

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