A question about Civil Disobedience

[luciddreamer]

I like the way Harvey Milk did it. Got everyone who was gay to tell their family. That way when a bill came around or when a conversation was sparked, that persons family would be on the correct side.
So this can easily be applied to our cause too!
Everyone in my immediate and extended family(cousins, aunties etc.) knows I smoke occasionally and know my views on the matter. Only ONE of them thinks pot is really bad but he still thinks drugs should be legal "so they can destroy themselves". Yeah his reasons are fucked but at least he think it should be legal!

luciddreamer Reviewed by luciddreamer on 05-06-2009. A question about Civil Disobedience Why wouldn't activists simply declare a day where they go out and disobey the law openly? Many speak as if they are oppressed by the criminalization of cannabis, however the obvious choice to me seems to be the tactics that activists like Martin Luther King Jr. learned from Ghandi. Why don't people who feel the criminalization of cannabis is oppression of their liberty simply gather and disobey this in a civil manner? Rating: 5

[themefrmmash]

I still think there should be a national day of protest in the US, as a way of gaining more attention, and that there should be a large demonstration at the Mall in DC.

[bluntpasser]

stoners need to take over the white house and create a cannabis day for the us.:rasta:

[Trip06]

Protests in america dont do anything. You need a more aggressive approach, but non violent. Unless of course your being opressed by a totalatarian government.

[ArgoSG]

If you want to get your point across and actually get a response, then you need to get a lot of attention, all you have to do is a monthly statement. How do you do this? Simple, first gather a few friends so you don't just look like a crazy person with a sign shouting, pick a day, lets say the first friday(has to be a workday) of every month and then find out its peak traffic hour. Now all you have to do is get on the highway at peak hour, after that you and every one of your friends(each in an individual car) just have to stop on the highway get out of the car with your signs and lock the keys in (this is important, its what prevents the police from making you move out of the way quick).

Traffic is the way to get your message to the people, thats why grafitti is illegal in most places, cause its the way for the people to communicate massively between them. Why do you think there is so much advertisement? People spend a lot of time in cars. If you stop and start waving your signs about decriminalization then you get your message clear to the people, but doing rallies and stuff like that you only get people who are already with you and a few interested people. This way of doing it, you get your message to people who don't know anything about the subject. Plus, you are creating a jam, monthly, people hate jams so the people will get interested in getting you out of they way so they can get home, and they will get informed. Its how it worked for MLK, he just didn't do it in a highway, he went to places and stood in front of people and talked straight to them.

Im stoned, but my point is, you have to do something, by talking activism in forums you don't get too far, you have to go to the masses, and the masses are in traffic, on the way to their homes to get the daily news all chewed up and ready to be believed, but you have the chance to delay them and get the real news from real people...

got caught up in it again, ok i'll stop rambling and go get some munchies...

This is childish and idiotic. Do not inconvenience -anyone- while doing civil disobedience or any activism for -any- cause whatsoever. I cannot state this strongly enough.