Originally Posted by
sggoodri
I think it's important to distinguish non-violent civil disobedience from terrorism.
Civil disobedience warrants enforcement of the laws broken. Terrorism warrants massive response by the government and an effective strategy to neutralize those responsible.
The government of a "free" country will do some ugly things to combat terrorism. But if they do the same things to combat civil disobedience, it's not a free country anymore.
Does civil disobedience warrant enforcement of unfair laws? Recall the voting rights protests before women were given the vote, recall the protests of workers (and the working conditions) before unions were allowed, recall the civil rights protests of the 60's.