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To: TimF who wrote (9711)	2/18/2012 2:33:36 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

I am very aware of the need for stable laws. When Bobby Kennedy was asked what to do about the Viet Nam war he said something to the effect. You can protest, but also need to take the consequences. When Henry David Thoreau was put in jail for civil disobedience Ralph Waldo Emerson came to bail him out. Emerson asked Thoreau: "what are you doing in there, to which Thoreau responded: "what are you doing out there? The women got the vote by protesting and they were subjected to horrible tortures. Some died from the torture. They used metal tools to force their mouths open and force feed them. Today we see the people who stood with the women as great heros. We got rid of segregation by protesting. Today we see the people who stood with the black community as heros. But it took people to care. Caring is the first thing that is important. When Scalia makes a pithy remark that the Constituion does not say execution must be painless it shows an uncaring personality. A person of conscience would have not made a remark like that.