You can't kill a vegetable by shooting it in the head.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Violence cannot destroy something that is not alive in the traditional sense.
- In plain terms
- You cannot kill a vegetable by shooting it.
- What can you take from it?
- Not all things can be destroyed by force.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What can actually destroy something immaterial?
- When is force ineffective?
Another view
It oversimplifies complex conflicts by comparing them to vegetables.
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