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Random Thought: Civil Disobedience
It just occurred to me that what Rosa Parks did so long ago- refuse to give up her seat to a white- falls under the category of civil disobedience.
Civil disobedience in the local context brings to my mind cardboard cows and Chee Soon Juan, as well as the very PAPa-to-child guidelines set out by Wong Kan Seng. Among the four over-arching pillars is "political change must be made through constitutional and lawful means and not through unconstitutional or unlawful means".
I have a feeling MHA would not have been too amused with Rosa Parks' behaviour, even if it shares her views on discrimination. Since it rankles the commonsense to label what she did as undesirable, perhaps an argument that the present local society is drastically different from American society back then could be made. Something's still amiss though. Perhaps later.
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Civil disobedience in the local context brings to my mind cardboard cows and Chee Soon Juan, as well as the very PAPa-to-child guidelines set out by Wong Kan Seng. Among the four over-arching pillars is "political change must be made through constitutional and lawful means and not through unconstitutional or unlawful means".
I have a feeling MHA would not have been too amused with Rosa Parks' behaviour, even if it shares her views on discrimination. Since it rankles the commonsense to label what she did as undesirable, perhaps an argument that the present local society is drastically different from American society back then could be made. Something's still amiss though. Perhaps later.
Filed under: Musings
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