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Originally posted by HarmlessRabbit
Again, revisionist history on your part. Perhaps this timeline will help:
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedst...n/rev-prel.htm
March 5, 1770 - The Boston Massacre occurs as a mob harasses British soldiers who then fire their muskets pointblank into the crowd, killing three instantly, mortally wounding two others and injuring six. After the incident, the new Royal Governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson, at the insistence of Sam Adams, withdraws British troops out of Boston to nearby harbor islands. The captain of the British soldiers, Thomas Preston, is then arrested along with eight of his men and charged with murder.
So your story has now changes from "civil disobedience is not ok" to "civil disobedience is ok if I agree with the principle."
That's what I thought your position was in the first place, it's just nice to hear you confirm it. 
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As I've said, I don't look at the Boston tea party as an act of civil disobedience, more of a declaration of war or open rebellion against an oppressive occupier, they called themselves the sons of liberty after all, were they interested in changing Englands laws and having them continue to rule them? No, I don't believe they were, not at all. This act they commited broke 3 years of peace between the colonies and Great Britain, it led to Patrick Henry stating "Give me liberty or give me death!" and it led ultimately to the war against England for the independance of the colonies.
Now, what are you saying. Are you saying that these nuns are freedom fighters who want to take out a foriegn power in their own land by starting a war? They certainly aren't this.
Are you saying they just wanted to stick it to their rulers? This is true, but America is for one not a foriegn occupier, and not oppressing anyone with crazy taxes against being a nun.
These nuns were doing something different then what happened at Boston, the motives and situation were completely different, so I object to your putting words in my mouth. Civil disobedience is not O.K.
As for the Boston massacre, those people weren't the sons of liberty, nor were they politicians. They were however stupid enough to harass armed soldiers, something the previous mentioned sort were clever enough to avoid.
And finally, they totally took a crap all over King Georges tax law by dumping his tea into the ocean. Sounds like they had a hell of a lot of respect for the law, because it totally lawed the hell out of them.