This is a blog about things we love. Well, I love bravery. I love people who speak the truth against great injustice. I applaud the work of these students at. The text below is an email (received Friday, Feb. 10) from a friend who lives in DC. Politics has always been my passion, but lately I’ve been a little disenchanted — as I imagine so many of us are. But occasionally, there are glimpses of hope that remind me that Democracy is a beautiful thing. Sometimes I need a reminder . . .
“you need to be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi
I vow to keep the torch. How about you?
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“Alberto Gonzales, US Attorney General, spoke before law students at Georgetown today, justifying illegal, unauthorized surveillance of US citizens, but during the course of his speech the students in class did something pretty ballsy and brave.
They got up from their seats and turned their backs to him.
To make matters worse for Gonzales, additional students came into the room, wearing black cowls and carrying a simple banner, written on a sheet.”
Fortunately for him, it was a brief speech… followed by a panel discussion that basically ripped his argument to shreds.
And, as one of the people on the panel said,
“When you’re a law student, they tell you if say that if you can’t argue the law, argue the facts. They also tell you if you can’t argue the facts, argue the law. If you can’t argue either, apparently, the solution is to go on a public relations offensive and make it a political issue… to say over and over again “it’s lawful”, and to think that the American people will somehow come to believe this if we say it often enough.
In light of this, I’m proud of the very civil civil disobedience that was shown here today.” - David Cole, Georgetown University Law Professor
It was a good day for dissent.
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1 lapster // Feb 11, 2006 at 3:00 pm
woah. I am proud of the young lawyers of our country, also. I would like support them with a generous donation to one of the charities you listed - as soon as I get a real job.
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