The War on Dissent Gets Creepy

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 13:30:48 GMT  <== Politics ==> 

Mike Ferner at LewRockwell.com - Mr. Ferner and his borther spray painted "Troops Out Now!" on a highway overpass in Ohio. Thanks to motorists with cell phones, they were arrested by five police cars, and charged with five felonies each. His brother plead to misdemeanors, but Mr. Ferner is going to trial. This article tells the tale, says why he did it, and stresses the importance of civil disobedience. [lew]

Our government is not only causing great suffering by this war, it is also violating dozens of international and domestic laws. See the Veterans For Peace "Case for Impeachment" for a partial list. As citizens we are complicit in these crimes and suffering. That is why historian Howard Zinn's words make more sense to me each day this war continues:

"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that 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."

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