Then make it so. Surely there is a term for it...when people just go right ahead to do what is right even while others act to forbid them from doing so. That so many for so often that it becomes the de facto normal.
"Civil Disobedience" is like a venerated architectural landmark: it is preserved and admired, and sometimes visited, but for most of us there are not many occasions when it can actually be used. Still, although seldom mentioned without references to Gandhi or King, "Civil Disobedience" has more history than many suspect. In the 1940's it was read by the Danish resistance, in the 1950's it was cherished by those who opposed McCarthyism, in the 1960's it was influential in the struggle against South African apartheid, and in the 1970's it was discovered by a new generation of anti-war activists. The lesson learned from all this experience is that Thoreau's ideas really do work, just as he imagined they would.
"Civil Disobedience" in three parts: One - Two - Three
Then make it so. Surely there is a term for it...when people just go right ahead to do what is right even while others act to forbid them from doing so. That so many for so often that it becomes the de facto normal.
ReplyDelete"Civil Disobedience" is like a venerated architectural landmark: it is preserved and admired, and sometimes visited, but for most of us there are not many occasions when it can actually be used. Still, although seldom mentioned without references to Gandhi or King, "Civil Disobedience" has more history than many suspect. In the 1940's it was read by the Danish resistance, in the 1950's it was cherished by those who opposed McCarthyism, in the 1960's it was influential in the struggle against South African apartheid, and in the 1970's it was discovered by a new generation of anti-war activists. The lesson learned from all this experience is that Thoreau's ideas really do work, just as he imagined they would.
ReplyDelete"Civil Disobedience" in three parts: One - Two - Three
http://thoreau.eserver.org/civil.html