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Old 07-30-08 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by buddy
I am very conservative and I have the greatest respect for our police. In most cases I will believe a policeman over an ordinary citizen unless there is extra ordinary evidence to prove the policeman wrong.

I am completely against civil disobedience and I will never ride in a group like critical mass.
What I find interesting is the attitude expressed above... Do you even know the history of the United States... and the Declaration of Independence... which in itself was a form of civil disobedience?

How about Rosa Parks and her refusal to go to the back of the bus?

How about women's right to vote and the suffrage movement?

Have you ever heard of child labor and the labor movement?

This country was founded on and has had dramatic changes over it's short history all based on some form of "civil disobediences." Time to pull your head out of the sand, and stand up for what you believe. CM may not be your particular "stand," but indeed our history is based on civil uprisings for change.
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