Word: disobeying
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...makers of this movie, now seems to have been guilty of a similar Blimpertinence. The script was condemned, and all Army assistance denied to its producers, because several scenes contained "incidents against regulations''-notably incidents in which a renegade sergeant disputes (though he does not disobey) the authority of a lieutenant. But if Men in War does not always conform to the prim letter of the Army manual, it holds to the raw spirit of combat as hard as any dogface clutches his rifle...
...should not be, and his cavalry boxed by the Federals, because he exploited the courteous imprecision of Lee's orders in hopes of recouping some personal glory. And Long-street-why did he not attack as told, while opportunity still lay before him? "He wouldn't disobey commands," says a lesser general. "That's true, sir. But he might refuse requests," replies another. With the expert advice of Bruce Catton and Drama Critic Walter Kerr, Director Delbert (Marty) Mann and Author Sapinsley underscored the theme bluntly, as in peevish Longstreet's mockery: "Lee says...
Actually, attempts to disobey a law in support of some larger cause are not at all unknown in American history. The Underground Railroad before the Civil War was clearly designed to side-track the Fugitive Slave Law and speed escaping slaves to Canada. Suffragettes, too, were willing to break ordinance after ordinance to extend the vote...
...former implies love, Gandhi wrote, and the latter, force; in other words, Satyagraha is "the Force which is born of Truth and Love or non-violence." "Satyagraha," Gandhi explained, "postulates the conquest of the adversary by suffering in one's own person," and it demands that every civil resister disobey a law that is counter to his own conscience and cheerfully to demand the punishment for breaking the law. This weapon, which was to shake the British Empire, relied not on the love of force, which had characterized so many previous revolutions, but on the force of love. Gandhi...
...large Indian minority of 100,000 held second-class status: they were subjected to rigid segregation, contemptuously called coolies, and were forced to register under the hated "Black Act." On Sept. 11, 1906, a large meeting of Indians heard Gandhi describe the consequences of the first pledge to disobey the Black Act. Each man, he said, must be willing to undergo the fight in complete isolation, if necessary, or else the pledge is meaningless. This is one of the basic principles of Satyagraha: success depends not upon numbers but upon individual firmness. The audience responded, Satyagraha was born, and Gandhi...