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by Gerald Klaas
In all too predictable lockstep, the federal judiciary has dismissed the lawsuit
against federal agents for use of excessive force in the kidnapping deportation
of Elian Gonzalez in April 2000. From Reuters:
The family said the federal agents who raided their Little Havana
home and snatched Elian on April 22, 2000, broke down their door without warning, sprayed gas in the house and broke furniture and religious artifacts.
I'm trying to follow the ideals of Henry David Thoreau, in his essay On Civil Disobedience. Thoreau refused to cooperate with The Machine of oppressive government and encouraged all moral people to do the same. He referred to this "civil disobedience" as creating friction in the machine. Given enough friction for a long enough period of time, the machine will break.
Courses I teach at the local Community College