"Violence is their way. A true revolution has to deliver mankind a few steps forward and killing folks is hundreds and thousands of years backwards. " Thanks, Bobert. I want to go on record as agreeing that violence is not the answer.

Civil disobedience and focused non-violence, however, are legitimate. If citizens march in the streets or gather enmasse at strategic points, whether it's in blocking roadways or convoys or entrances to important buildings, local authorities will have to pay attention. And if they have to, it will resonate upward. It took quite awhile during the Viet Nam years, but it did work.

Didn't Jefferson himself say that revolution is essential, and needed every few years? We're way overdue.