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A further addition to the Civil Disobedience canon can be found at: http://wai8155s1.verdi.2day.com/reports/niwest/wai143/chapt08/chapt0809.asp Re: Parihaka, Te Whiti and Tohu. "It was only after the negotiations had failed that action was taken. The following morning, 24 March 1879, groups of Maori descended on each survey camp, packed the gear on drays, and, without one blow being exchanged or more force being used than was necessary for an eviction, transported the surveyors and their possessions to the far side of the Waingongoro River. For over a year, they were to remain there. " "When Native Minister Sheehan declined to speak further with Te Whiti and officials proposed no more than reserves, the prophets of Parihaka reacted again, sending unarmed ploughmen to plough settlers' land. The protest was to emphasise the need for negotiations and that the issues were not being addressed, but the Minister maintained a studied indifference. Significant features of the tactic were the training and discipline involved, the extent of support, and the degree of control. It was a dangerous undertaking, given the settlers' meetings, the tension, and threats by the settlers 'to shoot [Maori] horses and the natives also', but Maori continued with the task unarmed and, to a person, they declined to respond to aggression when removed. Go, put your hands to the plough. Look not back. If any come with guns and swords, be not afraid. If they smite you, smite not in return. If they rend you, be not discouraged. Another will take up the good work. If evil thoughts fill the minds of the settlers and they flee from their farms to the town, as in the war of old, enter not . . . into their houses, touch not their goods nor their cattle. My eye is over all. I will detect the thief, and the punishment shall be like that which fell upon Ananias. " "The Government either could not see or preferred not to see the extent of organised resistance involved. It maintained instead that it was dealing with people affected by religious fanaticism. That type of description permeates Government reports, which show a refusal to take seriously any Maori point of view." A slightly different perspective on the matter. Then, ask Tanya Reinhart about passive resistance to the land confiscations along the line of the Apartheid Wall (as Gush Shalom call it). Shalom Wesley Parish On Thu, 13 May 2004 00:31, you wrote: > ANNOUNCEMENTS and ARTICLES: http://pnews.org/art/art.shtml > > > Tomorrow I shall be discussing with one of my classes civil > disobedience, the distinctive American political contribution of a means > to protest injustices short of outright revolution (or the terrorist > acts of today perpetrated both by states and resisters to same). > <snip> > Perhaps our acts of civil disobedience will have to be carried out in > our home countries by those of us who see the madness in these hate wars > underway, which can only escalate over the long run towards ever greater > human suffering? I have almost reached that point myself, although I > wish I had a younger and stronger body to offer to the effort. Certainly > I will join those in Central Park this summer during the Republican > convention. And I hope that we shall not see then yet another terrorist > event -- which is all too likely in that time slot. > -- > "A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort > to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy) > -- > Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies] > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CollegeConversation > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeaceEfforts > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndingPoverty > > --- > / o o \ PNEWS Topic Specific Portals (Vortals) > ===OO=====OO================================================= > http://pnews.org/vortal/ New World disOrder and Myth Busters > http://g0lem.net/vortal/ Insane Planet and Wacko World > http://g0lem.net/portal/ Bad-Ass Truth and TheGolemsPortal > http://pnews.org/portal/ Naked Truth and PNEWS Portal > ============================================================= > \_/ \_/ -- Wesley Parish * * * Clinersterton beademung - in all of love. RIP James Blish * * * Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people." --- / o o \ PNEWS Topic Specific Portals (Vortals) ===OO=====OO================================================= http://pnews.org/vortal/ New World disOrder and Myth Busters http://g0lem.net/vortal/ Insane Planet and Wacko World http://g0lem.net/portal/ Bad-Ass Truth and TheGolemsPortal http://pnews.org/portal/ Naked Truth and PNEWS Portal ============================================================= \_/ \_/
