Originally Posted by
Blue Order
My first protest was a freedom march in the early 60s...And I still think CM has it all wrong. And if you're going to compare CM with civil disobedience, you're also going to have to acknowledge that there is in fact nothing Gandhian about CM.
1. my comment was, in fact, directed at dobber.
2. not all civil disobedience is "gandhian" and the history of early-mid 20th century struggles in india and south africa does not and should not set the standards for activism in different times, places and cultures against different opponents on different issues. right? naturally.
3. thanks for marching. i dread to imagine how much worse our society today would be had people not made that effort and taken those risks.