In civil disobedience - which has a very proud tradition that includes Mahatma Gandhi, it includes Dr. King, you know, there's no shortage of examples - part of the concept is that you dramatize an important public issue by sacrificing yourself in some way, whether it - not necessarily, you know, in terms of giving up your life, but in terms of exposing yourself through adverse action by the government.
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