[lbo-talk] Anger at suicide of US internet activist

[andie_nachgeborenen]

I have been sayingnthisvkand have been accused of being a legalistic insensitive moralist for it. I know nuns who are doing, effectively, life, for taking sledgehammers to missile solos. They are heroic, but, as you say, it's not for everyone.

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On Jan 15, 2013, at 1:30 PM, "Chuck Grimes" <cagrimes42 at gmail.com> wrote:


> [WS:] So just because he was a depresso, his act of civil disobedience
>> is invalid?  He may not have been hounded, but the fact that he was
>> prosecuted with charges that carry draconian penalties certainly
>> contributed to his depression.  ....
> 
> When you engage in civil disobedience you really have to study the issue and know your own limits for jail, trial, committment, need for support etc.
> 
> CD isn't for everybody. It can alter your life and you are not going to get those years back.
> 
> CG 
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