We Don't Do Bombs

The first rule of The Empowerment is, we don't do bombs.

The second rule is, we don't do bombs.

Violence is a death sentence for activists. Many countries classify politically motivated violence as terrorism, which is the kiss of death for any activist's legitimacy and safety.

Governments that are trying to persecute defiant groups frequently use a pretext of violence either real or staged as a justification for cracking down, outlawing membership and arresting activists.

The Empowerment stands for non-violent peaceful law-abiding activism.

Anyone who does or threatens anything violent or illegal does so against The Empowerment's principles and does not speak for or reflect the views of the Empowerment.

Any discussion of violence on The Empowerment must go no farther than objective discussion. Actual incitements to violence violate the terms of service and will be punished and reported to law enforcement.

Those who use violence endanger those who do not, and violent people will not be allowed to endanger the empowerment of peaceful people.

Violent Subject Matter

Violence will be explained and discussed on The Empowerment in terms of its negative effects and risks. Violent skills and technology will be written about only in the context of life-and-death self-defense or for gaming.

The Empowerment game will simulate all kinds of violence for the sake of realism and to furnish "the bad guys" with the tools of repression and evil that the players as "good guys" must overcome peacefully.

Violence Does Not Kill Ideas

Ideas are bulletproof.

V for Vendetta

Ideas cannot be destroyed by violence. No matter how many books are torn apart or burnt, no matter how many people are killed or driven out, the ideas you seek to expunge will persevere.  There are many ideologies, religions, and philosophies that did not make it into the mainstream.  The irony is that we know about most of them because of their critics.  The majority that seek to expunge the minority do so at the risk of having those hated ideas live forever in the records of their trails, their condemnations, and their critiques.  Ideas are precious to us, and we will go to great lengths to preserve them.