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Civil Disobedience Civil disobedience is almost akin to a taboo in our society, yet in its pure form - as taught by Thoreau and practiced by Gandhi - it is harmful to no-one. For my assignment I chose to break the social consensus that it is a good idea to obey authority; rather, it is wiser to question its shortcomings. To do so, I talked to people and raised questions with them. It was not my intention to incite law breaking, only to encourage freethinking. This was an informal norm to break, as I was no longer following the shared understandings I have with strangers. I shed the 'etiquette' I had been socialised with in favour of an 'alien' ideology. In practical terms this meant I was no longer taking any explanations for granted, an attitude firmly opposed to the conservatism I was expected to conform to. My plan was not to...

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