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From: ltlee1@hotmail.com (ltlee1)
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Subject: Re: Campus Protest Encampments Are Unethical Re: Free speech
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:59:07 +0000
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On 9/26/2024 10:26 AM, Howard S. Hong wrote:
> On 9/26/2024 8:22 AM, ltlee1 wrote:
>> In Western democracies, the legal system is used to limit civil
>> disobedience as a form of political protest.
>>
>> "Revealed: how the fossil fuel industry helps spread anti-protest laws
>> across the US"
>>
>>
>> "Civil disobedience is a form of political protest that involves
>> breaking the law in a planned, symbolic way – which activists and rights
>> experts say is part of the bedrock of a democratic society and in the
>> tradition of civil rights movements.
>>
>> The months-long investigation by the Guardian found that companies and
>> lawmakers sought to increase the threat of criminal action against
>> activists to protect oil and gas expansion – even as deadly and
>> destructive extreme weather events hit communities nationwide.
>>
>> Last year was the hottest on record, and wildfires, baking temperatures,
>> deadly floods and rising sea levels struck communities across North
>> America – and the rest of the world. Under the Biden administration, the
>> US has handed out more than 1,450 new oil and gas licences, accounting
>> for half of the total globally, and 20% more licences than those issued
>> by Donald Trump, who has promised to “drill, baby, drill” should he
>> return to the White House.
>>
>> The findings from dozens of freedom of information requests suggest that
>> the right to peaceful protest is under attack in the US – much like in
>> other major democracies including the UK, Germany, Canada and
>> Australia."
>>
>> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/26/anti-protest-laws-
>> fossil-fuel-lobby
>
>
>
> The President and the Legislature should be term-limited and elected
> by the voters.

No country has a monopoly on what is democracy which means "People
Rule." The Chinese people would collectively decide its form democracy.