Janelle's Response

Agreeing with most of the other posts, I do believe that disobedience is justifiable, but only when it is necessary. If you are being told to do something a certain way or act a way that you don't agree with, I think it is okay to be disobedient. For example, in the 1960's there were Freedom Rider's, which were a group of civil rights activists who boarded buses to go to southern cities which had segregated transportation facilities. Another example is when African-Americans would "sit in" at diners across the south. They were being disobedient to prove a point that diner's should not be segregated. Both groups of people were being disobedient by not following the law, and I think that it is justifiable in the sense that they were taking a stand for what they thought was right, and they ignored the federal laws. The 1950's and 1960's are great examples of how disobedience can be justifiable because they were doing it for a good purpose.