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Originally posted by faulconandsnowjob
Gandhi is a great example of just saying "no" - it's called passive resistance. One ex, when the British were taking Indian cotton to England & then selling it back to the Indians, he said "no." He got people to spin their own cotton & not let the British do that.
If we would all just sit down & refuse to play along anymore, then things would change.
Originally posted by Hemisphere
And this hale and hearty fellow seems to like no...
Originally posted by sanchoearlyjones
reply to post by faulconandsnowjob
Hey, I want to tell You thank You.
No offense to the threads talking about non violent revolutions, and just go vote. Go vote??? Yes, let this continue; nurture it, and the rigged Diebold electronic machines. The ideology of go vote has never worked. It will not now.
All we can do is passive resistance=civil disobedience with the most basic of words NO.
Originally posted by sanchoearlyjones
I like 'faulconandsnowjob' as he's got great ideas people can do at the personal level.
Nonviolent resistance
Nonviolent resistance (or nonviolent action) is the practice of achieving socio-political goals through ... economic or political noncooperation, and other methods, without using violence.
The term passive resistance is a form of non-cooperation that is sometimes used imprecisely as a synonym for nonviolent resistance. It means resistance by inertia or refusal to comply, as opposed to resistance by active means such as protest or sabotage...
Many movements which promote philosophies of nonviolence or pacifism have pragmatically adopted the methods of nonviolent action as an effective way to achieve social or political goals. They employ nonviolent resistance tactics such as: information warfare, ... community education and consciousness raising, ... tax resistance, noncompliance with rules and regulations, boycotts or sanctions, ... principled refusal of awards/honours, and general strikes.
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by sanchoearlyjones
reply to post by Wyn Hawks
National organizing has continually been taken over by the PTB.
"NO" is so simple it is something conceptually be spread easily.
I can see your thought process of it dying away, but it won't. Why??? OMG I've got an email folder full of articles that I really don't want any part of... The amount of absolute doom, and gloom on the horizon isn't even funny.
I am of the opinion that, and remember this, the USA will cease to exist within 8 months as we know it now.
Nothing will ever change as long as people say, "let the other's fight"
Originally posted by brianmg5
"I am not afraid"