Is it a mistake, if you still do it, while knowing it will likely get you killed? And I am not preaching against violent protesting here, just saying that a lot of “non-violence” approaces, still require self-sacrifice. Either you do the violence, or the violence is done to you; both can work or fail in a protesting situation, depending on the situation itself. But for non-violence to be effective at all, means being ready to die, and it seems to me like a lot of people speaking for it, are not.