Saturday, December 08, 2007

our problem

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 milliions have been killed because of this obedience...Our problem is tha people are obediant all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obediant 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

Dec 8, 2007 4:43:38 PM | ear candy

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