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in the actions of your state.
by nojihad on Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 10:09:50 AM PDT
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That is the point exactly. As the Mahatma put it:
non-co-operation with evil is as much a duty as is co-operation with good.
Thoreau, who helped inspire Gandhi, wrote in Civil Disobedience of a citizen's duty:
when... oppression and robbery are organized... it is not too soon for honest men to rebel and revolutionize.
The government of Israel claims to act in my name and on my behalf. I have a duty to do my best to prevent it from committing oppression.
Yes, We Can
by litho on Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 11:49:08 AM PDT
While I disagree with you on a few points here, I deeply respect your sense of responsibility to speak out, "not in my name' when Israel claims to speak and act in your behalf.
Reel Bad Arabs: a crash course on Orientalism
by Rusty Pipes on Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 04:47:59 PM PDT
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