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Is there no difference for you between civil disobedience and committing a crime? It's your use of language and concept that I was disagreeing with.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 08:15:25 AM EST
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Re: Why we fight! (4.00 / 2)

Civil disobedience is by definition a crime, because it is illegal. That doesn't necessarily make it a bad thing. After all, I do it every day.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 08:37:32 AM EST
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Re: Why we fight! (none / 0)

Anything illegal is a crime? That seems a strong term to me. But I don't know the categories of Danish law.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 02:21:32 PM EST
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Re: Why we fight! (none / 1)

If it were not a crime it wouldn't be disobedience.

The peak-to-trough part of the business cycle is an outlier. Carnot would have died laughing.

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 08:48:03 AM EST
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