Any member of a university community who does not, should be unceremoniously ejected. It is a travesty of education that the administration at Brown has not unequivocally condemned the Coalition and supported the right of the Herald not only to publish the ad, but also to prosecute the students responsible for the mob violence used to suppress it. The Coalition has also defended its actions by stating that they were an act of civil disobedience. It is time to put to rest the tired claim that any illegal action in support of an opinion is civil disobedience. Not only is stealing newspapers that express views contrary to yours NOT an act of civil disobedience, it also demonstrates an appalling lack of understanding of the concept of civil disobedience unworthy of a student at such a prestigious university.
Civil disobedience is the protesting of a law by breaking it.
A black person defying segregation by sitting at a lunch counter is engaged in an act of civil disobedience. A fist-waving Leftist moron stealing newspapers is engaged in an act of cowardice and intellectual fascism. In the annals of civil disobedience, this ranks on the same moral level as Nazi book burnings. Moreover, part of civil disobedience is a willingness to accept the legal punishment for your actions. This pathetic statement clearly makes the Coalition unworthy of any claim to stand in the tradition of Gandhi and Martin Luther King.