"We got the call for trouble in the room. The gentleman, I was told, was preaching sedition. I knew that we had to take some steps quickly preventing that. Defcon is definitely for free speech, definitely for legal civil disobedience. But not anarchy, not psychopathic destruction of property. " [Emphasis mine]
Civil disobedience is, by definition, illegal. That's the whole point of it.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday August 03, 2004 @01:31PM (#9869894)
Are you a government-trained lawmaking expert, Mr. Rufus? No? Well then, I'm afraid you are not qualified to decide what the "whole point" of any law is.
Are you a government-trained lawmaking expert, Mr. Rufus? No? Well then, I'm afraid you are not qualified to decide what the "whole point" of any law is.
I know I shouldn't feed the AC trolls, but I can't resist:
I did not make any comment on the "whole point" of any particular law. I commented on the whole point of civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is not a law. It is the willful and public breaking (hence illegal) of an unjust law, in the hopes of receiving the corresponding punishment, as a means
It is the willful and public breaking (hence illegal) of an unjust law, in the hopes of receiving the corresponding punishment, as a means of protesting that law.
In a country that has no problem jailing more of its citizens than any other nation, it seems like going to prison in protest doesn't really inconvenience anyone in power.
Oxymoronic Priest Quote (Score:5, Insightful)
Civil disobedience is, by definition, illegal. That's the whole point of it.
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I know I shouldn't feed the AC trolls, but I can't resist:
I did not make any comment on the "whole point" of any particular law. I commented on the whole point of civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is not a law. It is the willful and public breaking (hence illegal) of an unjust law, in the hopes of receiving the corresponding punishment, as a means
Re:Oxymoronic Priest Quote (Score:5, Insightful)
In a country that has no problem jailing more of its citizens than any other nation, it seems like going to prison in protest doesn't really inconvenience anyone in power.