In a democracy, civil disobedience is an appropriate weapon in the fight for justice

"My opponent has not given any reason why civil disobedience is not appropriate to fight for JUSTICE" My opponent says that in a democracy, civil disobedience is an appropriate weapon in the fight for justice. I argue that civil disobedience can ONLY be an appropriate weapon if a government STRAYS from an actual democratic system. You use civil disobedience to bring a corrupt government back to an actual Democracy. "So in all sense of the resolution America is considered A DEMOCRACY! " If you call a dog's tail a leg, the dog doesn't have five legs. It still has only 4. The United States of America is called a democracy, but it simply is not. The definition of "democracy" as provided by Merriam Webster: 1 a: government by the people ; especially : rule of the majority b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections Although we do operate under a system of representation, this representation is not accurate. Because of lobbying, corrupt special interest groups, and greedy legislators, we cannot trust our representatives to adequately and accurately portray the public's wants. Thus, this is NOT a government in which supreme power is vested in the people. Rather, it is a government in which supreme power is vested in people with means, people who already have power, and people who have enough money to sway those in power. "Also, now proving America is a Democracy". The proof was not complete, so this can be ignored. "This debate isn't even about how the US government works, or lobbyists, or about money buying power. It's about civil disobedience and how it's important for a democratic society. " I disagree. The fact that such corruption occurs shows that what America is, strays from what democracy should be. I argue that in a true democracy, civil disobedience need not even exist. "Second, the statement referring to America "The country is not run by the people. The country is run by the people with the most STUFF, and by people who want that STUFF. " it is an OPINION, NOT A FACT. " It is not merely an opinion . http://www.opensecrets.org... Lobbying is legalized bribery. Unless my opponent believes that every human has perfect morals and that they are God incarnate, he has absolutely no reason to counter my assertion that political backroom deals and plenty of exchanged favors go on behind the back of the American public. From the statistics, the most money spent on Lobbying was by the Pharmaceutics industry and the Insurance industry. Why? The answer is simple. These industries make up Managed Care, which is essentially health insurance. Politically speaking, Universal Health Care should have come about quite a while ago, yet, there have not been any plans to aid millions of Americans having to suffer through skyrocketing insurance costs. This is because the rich intend to stay rich. If America were a true democracy, the people would be able to regulate Managed care economically. This is not the case. Although my opponent would like us to believe that we live in a perfect democracy, we must admit that something is amiss. If supreme power does not rest with the people (examine the results of the 2000 Election, where Gore won the popular vote) how can my opponent say America is a democracy?