Quote Originally Posted by White Peacock View Post
Great, thanks for your perspective.
Helpful and productive comment.

Thoreau, who is credited with the concept of civil disobedience, went to jail over his refusal to a poll tax, because it supported the system of slavery. He said he felt more free in jail practicing civil disobedience than he did cooperating with a system that continued an injustice.

Merely breaking the law in private does nothing to change the law. Protests, sit ins, smoke outs, those are examples of civil disobedience. Sitting in your front room lighting a doobie isn't really "sticking it to the man". It's like speeding on a country road when no one is around.