MDDM Dixon's act of violence

[jbor]

Yes, quite right. I remember early on in the current reading asking one of
the hosts about the Quakers during the War of Independence, about which side
they were on, if either, and whether or not they supported the war or even
fought in it, and also whether there was a conflict between their strong
opposition to slavery and the Civil War later on.

So, I guess they aren't so much "his" principles at all as typically (or,
stereotypically?) Quaker principles.

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on 9/3/02 10:06 AM, Terrance at lycidas2 at earthlink.net wrote:

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> jbor wrote:
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>> Well, I'd say the point of the whole episode is that he doesn't remain
>> faithful to his Quaker principles, for once.
> 
> 
> What exactly are those Quaker principles? Testimony, actually. Does
> Dixon ever say that he is a Quaker-Pacifist? He does recognize that
> others think that Quakers are against war and won't use violence, but he
> also says, on more than one occasion, when others say something like,
> 
> "hey, you are a Quaker, you can't do that!"
> 
> Oh, well I'm not that kind of Quaker, or not technically a Quaker or I'm
> following Fox or
> given the circumstances. When Mason meets Dixon he  assumes that Dixon
> is the stereotypical Quaker, whatever that is. Boy is he ever wrong.
> 
> Reminds me of Thomas Paine, who was not a Quaker.
> 
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> 
> THE QUAKER PEACE TESTIMONY, 1661
> 
> http://www.kimopress.com/Ingle-01.htm