Civil
disobedience is the public act of willfully disobeying the law and the commands
of an authority figure, to make a political statement. Participants are in risk
of getting arrested, and are frequently charged with crimes such failure to
disperse, or failure to obey an officer. Civil disobedience is generally
nonviolent.
The
purpose of civil disobedience is to convey a political message; their goal is to
bring changes in the law. Nowadays, civil disobedience has been used in such
events as street demonstrations, marches, and strikes... Also, sometimes the
law gets broken and they start protesting, it sends the message to authority
figures that people consider the law so unjust, they are willing to openly
disobey it. Martin Luther King,
M.Gandhi
and Henry David Thoreau
are famous advocates of civil disobedience.
Martin Luther King
just like Gandhi was a leader in his community and believed that civil
disobedience was the way to change the laws and feeling that where against the
colored people in southern states of America. He had a dream and believed that
the only way to get his point across is by taking action but the actions had to
be in a non-violent way and without any violent juncture or physical force. He
said that the movement must prove the wrong that has been done to the black
citizens and why are opposing something or someone. King justified his act of
civil disobedience by show that there was a lot of hatred towards the Negroes
by the country police and court systems.
The past few weeks I’ve been hearing a lot
about this movement called civil disobedience that was going to be held on the
11th of February 2012. I had to clue what was it was and to me it
was totally insignificant maybe because I’m not interested in my countries politics
and I belittle everything that has to do with the Egyptian revolution. But
after doing some researches and reading amazing stories of leaders that were
willing to sacrifice their souls to what they believed in made me want to
participate myself in The Egyptian Civil Disobedience. I think that Civil
disobedience is a very powerful tool but it must be used with thought, care and
bravery to be effective. Of course every single Egyptian want the best for its
beloved country that’s why for the past year we have been witnessing an ongoing
process of protesting and strikes. Of
course Egypt is in need of the civil disobedience movement, but since I began
writing my essay I couldn’t stop questioning myself: are the Egyptians capable
of starting a none-violent movement? I don’t think so, Egyptians have tried
peaceful ways to express their opinions but sadly it always ends up with blood
of innocent ones scattered all around the streets… Why? Well because half of
the Egyptians are uneducated, they don’t understand what the True meaning of
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IS. To conclude my essay I would like to point out two main
points, first of all Egypt is not in need of more strikes, protests and
revolutions it is certainly in need of AN EVOLUTION so I think that Egyptian
Civil disobedience will only make any difference cut it will make us drowned
deeper and deeper. Second of all the term civil disobedience starts with a very
important adjective “Civil”, Do you think that in 2012 Egyptian citizens are
acting in a civil way? I don’t think so, how can uncivil people starts a
movement they don’t even understand and proclaim it for the best of their
country?
Ghandi Quote:
The
purpose of civil disobedience is to convey a political message; their goal is to
bring changes in the law. Nowadays, civil disobedience has been used in such
events as street demonstrations, marches, and strikes... Also, sometimes the
law gets broken and they start protesting, it sends the message to authority
figures that people consider the law so unjust, they are willing to openly
disobey it. Martin Luther King,
M.Gandhi
and Henry David Thoreau
are famous advocates of civil disobedience.
The Civil
Disobedience Movement was first led by Gandhi; in the year 1930. He started it
because he wanted public opinions to be heard but in a nonviolent civil way. It
is considered as a very important milestone in the history of Indian
Nationalism. There are three distinct phases that mark the development of
Indian Nationalism. One of those phases
was the rise of as M.Gandhi, to power as the leader of Indian National
Movements. He was amiable by all the citizens because of his spirited guidance
and wise decisions.
Martin Luther King
just like Gandhi was a leader in his community and believed that civil
disobedience was the way to change the laws and feeling that where against the
colored people in southern states of America. He had a dream and believed that
the only way to get his point across is by taking action but the actions had to
be in a non-violent way and without any violent juncture or physical force. He
said that the movement must prove the wrong that has been done to the black
citizens and why are opposing something or someone. King justified his act of
civil disobedience by show that there was a lot of hatred towards the Negroes
by the country police and court systems.
Both Martin Luther King
and Gandhi started the civil disobedience movement because they saw people
suffering, dying and living in misery because of the unjust prosecution of
their country. They wanted to spread justice and put an end to the laws that
where against their people as unjust because it affected them in all sorts of
ways. Both leaders felt that not
everything that was legal was based on justice and that’s why they believed
that civil disobedience is the way to make justice with an unjust legal law.
In my opinion I
think that thanks to them now the world knows a non-violent way to oppose what
they think is wrong. Civil disobedience in 2012 is the most common movement to
oppose something in Arab countries…
The past few weeks I’ve been hearing a lot
about this movement called civil disobedience that was going to be held on the
11th of February 2012. I had to clue what was it was and to me it
was totally insignificant maybe because I’m not interested in my countries politics
and I belittle everything that has to do with the Egyptian revolution. But
after doing some researches and reading amazing stories of leaders that were
willing to sacrifice their souls to what they believed in made me want to
participate myself in The Egyptian Civil Disobedience. I think that Civil
disobedience is a very powerful tool but it must be used with thought, care and
bravery to be effective. Of course every single Egyptian want the best for its
beloved country that’s why for the past year we have been witnessing an ongoing
process of protesting and strikes. Of
course Egypt is in need of the civil disobedience movement, but since I began
writing my essay I couldn’t stop questioning myself: are the Egyptians capable
of starting a none-violent movement? I don’t think so, Egyptians have tried
peaceful ways to express their opinions but sadly it always ends up with blood
of innocent ones scattered all around the streets… Why? Well because half of
the Egyptians are uneducated, they don’t understand what the True meaning of
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IS. To conclude my essay I would like to point out two main
points, first of all Egypt is not in need of more strikes, protests and
revolutions it is certainly in need of AN EVOLUTION so I think that Egyptian
Civil disobedience will only make any difference cut it will make us drowned
deeper and deeper. Second of all the term civil disobedience starts with a very
important adjective “Civil”, Do you think that in 2012 Egyptian citizens are
acting in a civil way? I don’t think so, how can uncivil people starts a
movement they don’t even understand and proclaim it for the best of their
country?
Ghandi Quote:
“Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state
has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state
shares in its corruption and lawlessness...Every citizen is responsible for
every act of his government...There is only one sovereign remedy, namely,
non-violent non-cooperation. Whether we advertise the fact or not, the
moment we cease to support the government it dies a nature death....My method
is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the
tyrant....I hope the real Swaraj (self-rule) will come not by the acquisition
of authority by the few but by the acquisition by all of the courage to resist
authority when abused. In other words, Swaraj is to be attained by
education the masses to a sense of their capacity to regulate ad control
authority.... Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should
give but which it denies...Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of
our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be cruel joke....Civil
disobedience means capacity for unlimited suffering without the intoxicating
excitement of killing....Disobedience to be civil has to be open and
nonviolent....Disobedience to be civil implies discipline, thought, care,
attention...Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke
retaliation....Non-cooperation and civil disobedience are different but [are]
branches of the same tree call Satyagraha (truth-force).... Coercion cannot but
result in chaos in the end....One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate
violence. Coercion is inhuman....Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as
cooperation with good... Nonviolent action without the cooperation of the heart
and the head cannot produce the intended result....All through history the way of
truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and
for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall, always.”
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