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Originally posted by Dostoevsky
Filtherton- It is not civil disobedience when a city government knowingly violates state law. Civil disobedience occurs when citizens, not governments, refuse to follow laws they disagree with. Crooked politics is not the same thing as "good ole' American" civil disobedience popularized by Henry David Thoreau in 1849.
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From m-w.com
Main Entry: civil disobedience
Function: noun
: refusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government
I see no exclusion for municipal employees and i think your characterization of crooked politics is a little off base. How is this in any way "crooked"?
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Originally posted by Ustwo
Hehe its ok if they violate the law if its a law you don't like?
I think jail time is in order, it is the proper price of civil disobedience is it not?
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I'm sure they are prepared to go to jail. That is one of the risks for civil disobediance.
I know you probably subscribe to the "All goverment laws are just platform" ustwo
, but i think that under some circumstances breaking the law is just fine.