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Old 08-20-2008, 03:44 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Lakehead View Post
Well that depends on what you define as "rising up" and which oppressed peoples your talking about.

Rising up could mean taking legal action, or refusing to sit at the back of the bus, etc.
That is not the point of the author however.

""The Oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.


" Freedom is acquired by conquest, not by gift. "

Taking legal action through the legal system OF the oppressor would clearly be playing to the oppressor's guidelines. So would peaceful protest. THey would be relying upon the oppressor bestowing freedom upon them (or gifting it to them). Clearly the author advocates violence and that was the point I was addressing.
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