The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention.
That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.
My Hindu instinct tells me that all religions are more or less true.
A labourer cannot sit at the table and write, but a man who has worked at the table all his life can certainly take to physical labour.
My modesty has prevented me from declaring from the house top that the message of non-co-operation, nonviolence and swadeshi is a message to the world.