Civil Obedience

[Russell Kanning]

The gun, in this case, is not a defensive weapon, but an education tool. 

That's why I think that, even if you never intend on using your weapon, carrying one is still a good idea.

Side note:  I didn't even start thinking about open-carry issues until I saw some YouTube video of a small group of activists in NH doing it.

a sign seems safer

side note ... don't try what those guys are doing at home ... it could be dangerous

Varrin had an idea of doing extreme civil obedience in Keene. You could follow some silly law to its logical comical conclusion. Maybe that would work for both David and Rich.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Part of it is discrimination. Many in the gun culture believe shooting a cop is excessive for a temporary kidnapping.

what would they shoot a cop for?
what if the cop demanding money before they let the person go?
do they only use guns on people who are less powerful or armed than them?

I think someone suggested what was the point of the gun if you weren't going to use it.  Seemed extreme to me.

[jzacker]

The gun, in this case, is not a defensive weapon, but an education tool. 

That's why I think that, even if you never intend on using your weapon, carrying one is still a good idea.

Side note:  I didn't even start thinking about open-carry issues until I saw some YouTube video of a small group of activists in NH doing it.

a sign seems safer

side note ... don't try what those guys are doing at home ... it could be dangerous

Varrin had an idea of doing extreme civil obedience in Keene. You could follow some silly law to its logical comical conclusion. Maybe that would work for both David and Rich.

Who knows what will work?  Sometimes you have to do the same thing over and over before something clicks with the public.  Rosa Parks was not the first black woman to refuse to give up her seat.  But she is the one remembered for doing so.

I think anything that educates is a good thing.

[AntonLee]

if some other motorist decided to flash lots of lights and get me to pull over, and then asked to see my gun. . . I probably would want to know why this person was wasting my time and not talk economics with them. 

I have better things to be doing than wasting time sitting on the side of the road with people who refused to get jobs that are paid for without stolen money.  No sympathy for those people, their job IS welfare.  . . if they have the worst day of their lives every day for the rest of their lives, it would only be a good start in my opinion.  Good things come to people who do good for others.  Taking a paycheck paid for with stolen dollars is not a decent way to earn a living.

[Russell Kanning]

I think someone suggested what was the point of the gun if you weren't going to use it.  Seemed extreme to me.

Extreme?

[Russell Kanning]

Who knows what will work?  Sometimes you have to do the same thing over and over before something clicks with the public.  Rosa Parks was not the first black woman to refuse to give up her seat.  But she is the one remembered for doing so.

Why did Rosa Parks stay in her seat?

[Pat K]

Who knows what will work?  Sometimes you have to do the same thing over and over before something clicks with the public.  Rosa Parks was not the first black woman to refuse to give up her seat.  But she is the one remembered for doing so.

Why did Rosa Parks stay in her seat?

Crazy glue?

Or maybe that hot summer thigh stick to the seat thing.

[dalebert]

Why did Rosa Parks stay in her seat?
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It was a pre-planned act of civil disobedience and it was brilliantly carried out.

[Pat K]

It was a pre-planned act of civil disobedience and it was brilliantly carried out.

It was not pre-planned at all.

Buzz! You are incorrect sir!
But thanks for playing.

[Coconut]

It was a pre-planned act of civil disobedience and it was brilliantly carried out.

I was thinking that this was false, so I googled it.

The first results for "rosa parks pre-planned" in google (without quotes) are reprints of a Keene Sentinel article. Weird.

[Coconut]

It was a pre-planned act of civil disobedience and it was brilliantly carried out.

It was not pre-planned at all.

Buzz! You are incorrect sir!
But thanks for playing.

I beat you with my delete and repost

[Pat K]

It was a pre-planned act of civil disobedience and it was brilliantly carried out.

It was not pre-planned at all.

Buzz! You are incorrect sir!
But thanks for playing.

I beat you with my delete and repost

Was that pre-planned?

[Vitruvian]

I've been giving post-planning a try; so far it seems to be going well.

[Giggan]

I saw Amy Goodman speak at New College the other day and she said it was pre-planned, and Rosa was a major activist, etc. She also credited her with launching MLK as a public figure, as he spearheaded some legal thing involving that arrest.

Also, she had been arrested for the same thing before the Dec 1st incident for which she is known. That just happened to be what the media picked up on.

[dalebert]

Also, she had been arrested for the same thing before the Dec 1st incident for which she is known. That just happened to be what the media picked up on.

The media picked up on it because the MLK crew made sure of it. Like here in NH, she had the support of a number of activists.