Kevanf1 wrote:
On 20/10/05, Randall R Schulz
wrote: Hello,
On Thursday 20 October 2005 09:21, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 20/10/05, Steve Graegert
wrote: ....
\Steve
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Kevan Farmer
Civil disobedience has its place and its role in sound, stable and just societies. I'll speak only of the U.S.A., but we are in big trouble and are far out of balance. Civil disobedience (and a lot of it) is certainly called for. Matters of intellectual property rights (assuming the term is not an oxymoron) are but a small portion of our problems.
The only thing I warn is that you understand Civil Disobedience properly. Do some reading first and truly understand the concepts and principles before you start simply ignoring laws because you deem them unjust.
Randall Schulz
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Well I will admit that I'm no lawyer and at this moment in time I couldn't give a meaningful definition of civil disobedience. I can only say that when the time comes civil disobedience ahs to be tailored to whatever the cause is. Here in the UK we are heading towards massive civil unrest and probably disobedience because the proposed ID card scheme. Trouble is this is likely to flow over into violence which is not my idea of civil disobedience. A law can be unjust to one man but perfectly right and proper to another. Who deems the law unjust and who deems it wrong? This is a debate that could go on for a long time. Ultimately it will become very frustrating. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer
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