Sunday, December 7, 2008

BLOG NUMBER 4-CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

Task: What is civil disobedience? Is "thinking" a form of civil disobedience? Is speaking?

Civil disobedience is non violent resistance.  It is taking a stand against a certain law or something and just not obeying it.  It's as simple as that.  A boycott is a form of civil disobedience. It's breaking the law, but it's breaking a law that may or may not be unjust according to that person. 
I don't see how thinking is a form of civil disobedience, no one can take that away from you.  Unless they put chips in your brain, I can't see how anyone can possibly manage that.  UNLESS, that person thinking about civil disobedience does something to disobey the law and they do it in a violent way. 
Speaking is definitely a form of civil disobedience, you can persuade anyone to what you want them to believe.  
Someone might be undecided about segregation but after a minute or two of persuasion will partake in a boycott or sit-in just because of what someone told them.

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