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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:00 PM
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"Civil disobedience. . . is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this obedience. . Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity and war and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves, and all the while the grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem. ....."

-- Howard Zinn, from "The Problem is Civil Obedience"
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:01 PM
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1. I love that one.
:)
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:03 PM
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2. marmar, anyone whose read anything I've posted here since '01 knows I a Zinn fan.
Edited on Wed Dec-08-10 06:03 PM by David Zephyr
He is one of the greatest Americans ever. Ever.

Edit for an enthusastic K&R.
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:04 PM
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3. Print it. Paste it on your mirror so you are reminded every day of just what went wrong.
:kick: & R
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Scruffy1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:23 PM
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4. Being a long time Zinn fan keep posting this one.
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