You say you want a revolution...Well ya know, we all wanna change the world.

I don't know if you've realized it or not, but we've talked in class a few times about revolution.

When we say revolution, we're usually talking about an overthrow of government, usually involving violence.

The simple question which I would like to ask is one we've talked about in class before: When is it okay to break the rules in order to change the way things are?

If you or your family is being threatened, how far is it okay to go to protect yourselves? If there is a person that is comitting a crime, and the authorities are aware of this, when is it okay to take action yourself?

Amy made a comment about abortion in class. Most Christians are outraged at this taking of life before birth, and see it as murder. Yet we stand by and let it happen. We leave it to the established government to change things. Is this right? Should we take a stand and do something against the law to stop this? And we should, how far should we be willing to go?

Gone Baby Gone, which is a rough movie and has more cussing than any movie I've ever seen, is my still one of my favorites because it puts you in a situation where you HAVE to make a descision. If there is a man, who finds another man who was a child molester and has just killed a 7 year old boy in a way that is too graphic for me to describe to you, and this man kills the child molester, is he justified in doing so? I mean, this child molester and murderer will probably go through years worth of trials to be proven guilty, and MAY get the death Penalty,It will still be years before he sees any punishment for his crime.

This is the difference that Raskalnikov speaks of between men. There are the ordinary, who wish the world would change, and then there are the extraordinary, who change it by whatever means neccesary, regardless of what the individual must suffer.

I'd like to see Raskalnikov and Rousseau have a conversation.