IIRC I thought of starting a thread like this years ago but then decided against it; I told myself the answer to the question I had was too obvious. Lately, I feel less sure of this.
This was partly inspired by a certain thread regarding antifa and what not, but also just by past discussions regarding different kinds of violence. For example, I once saw someone claiming that rape and murder were unacceptable, yet both rape and murder were among the things that some of the Allied forces did during World War II, and I'm not entirely sure they would say they were unacceptable crimes in that case. This makes me wonder, why should it be the case, for example, that one person killing another is not acceptable, yet an entire war can be? How do people define justified and unjustified violence? What are the boundaries? How do people differ with regards to what kinds of violence they see as acceptable or otherwise?
What do you think? In your opinion, is violence acceptable under any circumstances? What kinds of violence, and under what circumstance(s)?