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salinen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 07:51 PM
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Civil disobedience
or Passive Resistance is exclusively a strategy of the oppressed in response to greedy or paranoid Overloads. In turn, the Overlords must always have military protections, raise taxes, appease the religious, and control the dissemination of information.

The new overlords of Empire have studied how to quell the dissatisfied. As long as Empire knows that only methods of Passive Resistance will be employed, they are prepared. The energies of millions can be reduced to a slight mention on page eight. (no photo).

Empire also resists setback violently. The standards that are required for success must become more affluent and intensive as time passes, in order to satisfy the lust of the Overlord and their protectors.

The Overlord playbook does not have a section on fair play. Any method will be employed, regardless of truth, fairness, peacefulness, morality, or maturity.
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 07:58 PM
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1. A few things
1. appease the religious - Not sure what that means, Martin Luther King was religious, and the government was not out to appease him any.

2. The energies of millions can be reduced to a slight mention on page eight. - Screw the papers. We have email, web sites, phones, direct mailing. Not the paper's job (in their opinion) to do our job, it is up to us to sacrifice our time and energy for the cause (including posting on here, researching, etc). The religious have used 'witnessing' for centuries, door to door, writing books, etc - they didn't need the papers to do the work for them.

3. The Overlord playbook does not have a section on fair play. which is what seperates us from the animals.

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salinen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 08:07 PM
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2. 1.
Martin Luther King was more of a revolutionary figure than religious IMO.

2. The use of 'mention on page eight', is meant to include all information from the state.

3. Yes, they are animals.
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 08:39 PM
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Thanks for clearing that one up, completely missed it as I only read papers online :)
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