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Re:Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden by billsix on Sunday June 09, 2013 @06:00PM (#5850853)
> If you want results, riot in the streets. Civil disobeience.

How do you define "to riot", and "civil disobedience". They sound mutually exclusive to me.

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Re:Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden by angusangus on Sunday June 09, 2013 @06:22PM (#5850960)
The 'civil' in 'civil disobedience' refers to disobeying the civil government, not disobeying politely.
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Re:Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden by billsix on Sunday June 09, 2013 @06:57PM (#5851097)
And "to riot"?
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Re:Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden by madaxe on Sunday June 09, 2013 @06:10PM (#5850901)
A riot where you obey the authorities isn't much of a riot.
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