Civil Disobedience

[moonjava]

mmmmm..Henry david Thoreuo (AH excuse disgusting spelling), Gandhi...Martin Luther King...
what's your opinion on this? do you think it's good
just blab i'm curious to your responses
Peace :animal-sm

[mamasharones]

It's good if you have a good point!

[freakyfairy]

indeed.... people who just shoot their mouths off without thinking, or without actually haveing anything wothwhil or important to say are just going to get themselves into trouble...

[Pedata]

Huh? What?

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Cassandra

[treehugger]

Huh? What?

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Cassandra

I agree.... :confused: :ufo:

[moonjava]

wait are you guys confused by my thing or another thing because now i'm confused..
haha
woaaa okee civil disobedience is when you refuse to obey a law you disagree with in an effort to try and change government policy..usually in a nonviolent way
peace :D

[Pedata]

Was Thorae sp?) the one who lived by Walden Pond?

Martin Luther tried non violence by organizing blacks to carpool since they weren't allowed to sit in certain seats on buses. They were taken to court and fined out the wazoo for the financial effect it had on the bus system.

I remember those days. There were these rope things on poles in the restaurants. Blacks on one side, whites on the other. White people had to be very careful about talking to blacks in public. You could talk to a very old black person, or a very young one, that was not "frowned upon", but you had better not be seen talking to a black person between, say teenage and middle age. It would get rocks thrown at you.

The old days.....ha!

Didn't mean to highjack...just rambling.

Peace,
Cassandra

[treehugger]

no..I was a little more confused by freaky's statement..I think I get it now.

Kath

[tooter_mcgee]

Henry David Thoreau wrote a piece entitled "Civil Disobedience". He also wrote "Walden Pond" while he was living by a pond in a simple little shack basicly to take in the simple pleasures in life through the power of intuition.

He jump started the transcendentalism philosophy/literary movement, as did Ralph Waldo Emerson who was also a writer.

I hope this helps anyone who was confused.

:hippie:
Di

[canyon_rain]

ooo, i'm good at blabbing...
Thoreau's essay was very very insightful. on the aforementioned Thoreau's essay (http://eserver.org/thoreau/civil.html)

at my high school, civil disobedience (aka passive resistance) is listed under gang violence in the discipline manual. i figure most high school students don't understand whats appropriate to protest, but the fact remains, civil disobedience is incredibly misunderstood, as is violence ("Nature of Violence" by Erich Fromm (http://encarta.msn.com/sidebar_461511329/The_Nature_of_Violence_by_Eric_Fromm.html))

if used as meant to be (peacefully, that is), it is very affective.

Its a step towards pacifism, i think, which is good for such a violent time.