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- From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
- Subject: Re: The Supreme Court Upholds Freedom of Speech
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.020130.17514@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
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- Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept.
- References: <griswoldj-220193093948@jlg_mac.bntley.ingr.com> <1jqe2lINN8cf@shelley.u.washington.edu> <1993Jan26.012131.2766@wdl.loral.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 02:01:30 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.012131.2766@wdl.loral.com> bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com writes:
- ># More interesting is to ask what is the difference between the following:
- ># 1. Blocking streets and buildings to protest abortion.
- ># 2. Blocking streets and buildings to protest a war.
- ># 3. Blocking streets and buildings to protest a veto of a bill.
- ># 4. Blocking streets and buildings to protest a jury verdict that
- ># you don't like.
- >All of the above activities can fairly be grouped under the broad
- >category of civil disobedience. Non-violent civil disobedience has
- >historically been an effective means of promoting change, and it has
- >the added plus of keeping casualties low, usually.
- >However, the activities brought to the attention of the Supreme Court
- >in the Bray vs. Alexandria case (which spawned this accursed thread)
- >go beyond simple civil disobedience in one arguably important way:
- >Operation Rescue does not simply block streets and randomly selected
- >buildings, it blockades women's health clinics that provide abortion
- >services.
-
- And anti-military protesters don't simply block random streets and buildings
- either, they block companies that produce defense-related goods, trains that
- bring defense-related materials, etc....
- --
- "On the first day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Leftover Turkey!
- On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Turkey Casserole
- that she made from Leftover Turkey.
- [days 3-4 deleted] ... Flaming Turkey Wings! ...
- -- Pizza Hut commercial (and M*tlu/A*gic bait)
-
- Ken Arromdee (arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu, arromdee@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu)
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