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Thoreau and Civil Disobedience [video]

by ljiljana on 1/29/17, 4:03 AM with 7 comments

• by spodek on 1/29/17, 1:17 PM

  The original essay is eminently readable and, in my opinion, inspirational: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71.

  Under 10,000 words, funny, and insightful. It tells of a man who didn't just complain but acted on his conscience. Gandhi and MLK followed in his footsteps.

• by yarou on 1/29/17, 6:34 AM

  "They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience."

• by shinski on 1/29/17, 5:03 AM

  Interesting, I had not realized how much today resembles the mid 19th century.

• by lichform on 1/29/17, 2:23 PM

  I'm glad to see that after 8 years civil disobedience is once again acceptable.