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in a democracy, civil disobedience is an appropriate weapon in the fight for justice.
so, this is what we will be debating about. i don't know yet what side i am going to be on, so right now i'm just looking for any information about civil disobedience. i've been googling 'examples of civil disobedience', and it's helped me find a few examples (i.e. rosa parks, nat turner, mahatma gandhi), but i want to find some that are not as well known. lol, i just thought of something, i was going to ask for any examples that you can think of, but then that would mean that it is pretty well known. oh well, if you know any examples besides the ones that i've already mentioned, please feel free to share them with me by leaving a comment. debate class is on friday. i suppose i will be finding out which team i'll be on (or if we are even doing teams this time) then. after that i can ask more specific questions.
ok, i have to go eat lunch now. ipml!
~beth
2 comments:
Civil Disobedience is always an interesting topic for discussion! I found this Wikipedia article (which you might have already read) that talks about Henry David Thoreau's essay about Civil Disobedience. I thought it was interesting how many influential people were motivated by the essay. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Disobedience_(Thoreau)
I think my favorite act of civil disobedience would be the Boston Tea Party. In protest of the high taxes, they didn't resort to violence or war at this point, they just turned the Boston Harbor into a giant cup of tea. :)
Anyway, good luck with the debate!
thanks jessica!!! i found something on the website that i'll send to my team leader prob. i just found out yesterday whose team i'm on and what side we're on. i'm on the affirmative side. i'm glad b/c i personally agree with civil disobedience if it's for a justifiable reason.
anyway, thanks again for the link :)
love ya!
~beth
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