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It isn't that simple.
Bull****. Yes it is and you're expanding the goal posts simply to make a case for something which has not happened.
Murder, assault, rape, property damage, syndacalism, etc. are not civil disobedience they are major crimes much like arson, flight from an officer, and endangerment.
NONE of which have been committed/endorsed etc by the OWS on any organizational level. Who has OWS murdered? Raped? Who have they robbed? Burnt down any businesses yet? No? So what have they done that is so horribly unlawful? Set up a few tents in publicly funded parks? March into capitol buildings that their tax dollars pay for?
Civil disobedience is more along the lines of marching peacefully, sitting at a segregated lunch counter, or otherwise disobeying laws that have no basis to exist.
In the US during the 60s there were hundreds of civil rights protests which were given lawful orders seeking to dissolve them. As a matter of fact the police in many cities had the power to use force against any perceived threat to the status quo. The fact that they had to use force against even peaceful protests shows that civil disobedience is NOT defined by the reaction of the regent. This all brings us back to the crux of your argument which was that it was wrong to disobey lawful orders. Remember that? You went on to imply that whether cops acted rightfully/wrongfully was defined by whether they'd need to use force. That seems to be ridiculous line of reasoning given the number of peaceful protests which have been met with force by the governing body.
If the OWS was running around shooting up banks and throwing molotov cocktails at the Capitol building, maybe you'd have an argument. However, that's simply not the case.
The major crimes and their corresponding laws do have a reasonable basis to exist, and that is to protect the innocent from the incompetant.
Keep some perspective on the issue at hand here. OWS isn't killing anybody to achieve goals. They're not raping blond blue eyed conservative women. They're not going to banks and demanding ransoms for the lives of CEOs. That's just NOT what is happening. Your argument was ridiculous to begin with. Admit it and move on.
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