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maeon3 on Nov 29, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow?

Freedom was not nor ever will be won with words. Freedom is won from the barrell of a gun. words only have power when they are from someone ready to use action if they have no effect.

danramteke on Nov 29, 2011 [–]

And sometimes freedom is won by marching for salt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March

TruthElixirX on Nov 29, 2011 | [–]

No, not really. The establishment embraced Ghandi to take the wind out of the more radical violent movements.

The same way the NAACP was embraced over the Black Panther Party.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_movement_for_Ind...

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