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Date Posted: 12:16:09 10/14/04 Thu
Author: Lucid Dreamer
Author Host/IP: 172.155.218.11
Subject: The problem with the status quo
In reply to: mnaz 's message, "Civil disobedience" on 19:27:08 08/14/04 Sat

The Status Quo is a bogus term which has been created by those who are in control in an attempt to keep things from changing so they will remain in control.

Control itself is bullshit.


>Generally, does it do more to advance the cause, or to
>set it back? A couple of examples come to mind: the
>illegal gay marriages sought and granted in San
>Francisco recently, and Thoreau's stint behind bars
>for non-payment of taxes in protest of the
>Mexican-American war.
>
>But asking and answering this question is a little
>tricky.
>In the long-term, history judges whether these actions
>are effective. But as they occur, it seems their
>legitimacy and potential to effect change are judged
>strictly according to whether or not one believes in
>either the cause or perhaps the concept of civil
>disobedience to begin with.... The status quo tends to
>use its own rules to discredit any challenge to those
>same rules. Any thoughts on this?

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  • In my day, we struggled with civil disobedience, as well -- W. Shakespeare, 16:47:09 10/14/04 Thu (172.159.135.210)
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