Civil Disobedience

Is it ever justifiable?

Yes, in alot of cases ✅

such as 😛

That black woman who sat at the front of the bus in apartheid afrca

how about in western culture?

Originally posted by silver_tears
Is it ever justifiable?

To kill?
To mess with someone else's girl/guy?

What, what, what do you mean???

🙄

I believe in absolutes mostly.

Originally posted by silver_tears
how about in western culture?

Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on the bus.

Civil disobedience forbids killing

modern day 😄

a civil resister, will harbour no anger.
He will suffer the anger of the opponent.
In so doing he will put up with assaults from the opponent, never retaliate; but he will not submit, out of fear of punishment or the like, to any order given in anger.
When any person in authority seeks to arrest a civil resister, he will voluntarily submit to the arrest, and he will not resist the attachment or removal of his own property, if any, when it is sought to be confiscated by authorities.
If a civil resister has any property in his possession as a trustee, he will refuse to surrender it, even though in defending it he might lose his life. He will, however, never retaliate.
Non-retaliation includes swearing and cursing.
Therefore a civil resister will never insult his opponent, and therefore also not take part in many of the newly coined cries which are contrary to the spirit of ahimsa.
A civil resister will not salute the Union Jack, nor will he insult it or officials, English or Indian.
In the course of the struggle if anyone insults an official or commits an assault upon him, a civil resister will protect such official or officials from the insult or attack even at the risk of his life.

edit- Modern day....erm...the non-violent palestinian protests against israeli owning of certain areas.

That excludes the idiots who blow themselves up

Originally posted by debbiejo
To kill?
To mess with someone else's girl/guy?

What, what, what do you mean???

🙄

I believe in absolutes mostly.

Civil disobedience: deliberate, open, and peaceful violation of particular laws, decrees, regulations, military or police orders, or other governmental directives. The command may be disobeyed because it is seen as itself illegitimate or immoral, or because it is a symbol of other policies which are opposed. Civil disobedience may be practiced by individuals, groups, or masses of people.

Here's the revised question, in modern western culture, ie. America for example, is civil disobedience ever justifiable? When and why? for example....

Or no and why?

✅

Is martin luther modern?

Not so much, I mean in like the last 5 years, I'm already using the examples you guys gave, for my theory that it depends on era, but that's another story, so I would say no to Martin Luther 😬

Isn't there a law getting passed so people can't have their underwear showing when they're out?

I would say that it's a peaceful disobedience if that law gets passed, to do so anyway.

Semi-off topic, who want's to place bets how many times that law gets broken?

-AC

excellent I forgot that example 😄

Cant think of anything modern.
That T(cant spell it) square in China, where the students were killed would be useful, but its not modern 🙁

Sorry 😬

O/t, is your sig Romeo and Juliet?

yes it is 😄

and about the underwear thing, it technically would be against the law since it defies the offense principle, since some people do find that offensive 😕

Changing bet.

Who wants to wager enough that Tears will break the underwear law?

Anyone?

-AC

I'm sorry, I don't wear my thongs hanging out 😛 in fact I hate thongs period schmoll