Re: August 20, 1993 News Release from Clayoquot Blockade

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From: Jamie Andrews
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1993 18:31

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In article <ZwcV9B2w165w@ham.almanac.bc.ca> emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca writes:
>No, I have no problem with people expressing their point of view legally.
>They can conduct political campaigns, lobby the government, or try to
>persuade people to their point of view.
>
>What they have NO right to do is to violate the court injunction barring
>them from blockading the road. Your right to protest my legal actions
>ceases at the point where you interfere with my carrying out that action.

     You've summed up civil disobedience very well there,
Robert.  They protest in illegal ways, they have no legal right
to do so, they get arrested, they get fined and/or go to jail.
Nu?  Are you saying there should be something *else* that should
happen to them?

--Jamie.
  jamie@cs.sfu.ca
"Why doth thou slay my kine?  Kine are hard to come by.
 Now I am short kine and I'm not even sure what kine are."  --Woody Allen

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From: jamie@cs.sfu.ca (Jamie Andrews)
Subject: Re: August 20, 1993 News Release from Clayoquot Blockade
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Keywords: August 20 Clayoquot Blockade News Release
Organization: CSS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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