Selfishness is blind.
The consumption of vegetables involves himsa, but I cannot give them up.
I should wish to die if a man who is impure should parade his purity in front of me.
What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?
Every species, human and subhuman, has some distinguishing mark, so that you can tell a man from a beast, or a dog from a cow.
The end of nonviolent 'war' is always an agreement, never dictation, much less humiliation of the opponent.