And it made a powerful statement at the same time. You may not see it, personally, but many others do.
So it's not accurate that getting taken into custody is the only thing that this journalist accomplished.
He apparently thought that his statement was important enough to get arrested for--he obviously had to expect that going in. The same as many other people who went to jail for things that they did/said while communicating their message.
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Date: 2008-12-14 11:27 pm (UTC)And it made a powerful statement at the same time. You may not see it, personally, but many others do.
So it's not accurate that getting taken into custody is the only thing that this journalist accomplished.
He apparently thought that his statement was important enough to get arrested for--he obviously had to expect that going in. The same as many other people who went to jail for things that they did/said while communicating their message.
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Date: 2008-12-14 11:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-14 11:41 pm (UTC)