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Originally Posted by dippin
Except that the "consequence" comes in form of a criminal law. So voicing support to a voluntary boycott becomes a crime, which is a complete imbalance.
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Civil disobedience is the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government, or of an occupying international power, using no form of violence. It is one of the primary methods of nonviolent resistance.
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People with courage have no problem breaking unjust law. In fact some will purposefully break the law in order to bring injustice to light.
My feeling is that the cycle of escalating tension between Israel and others in the ME has to be stopped. Blockades, boycotts and laws restricting free speech don't help. At some point some party has to take a stand to end the cycle - it won't be easy, this stuff never is.