> I don't disagree you one bit, I like to think of my idea as a beach head, one of many that will be necessary. You have to move past fear and see how that could be used as an advantage. Thats how far past fear you have to move, to exercise your rights to speak freely, and all your other rights too, enough to provoke the government. The ideal struggle is one where you 1. don't *ever* fight against a superior force, which is always a disadvantage 2. and provoke the opposing force into overreacting, brutalizing and abusing your side. This provokes the public, garnering their full support in the process. The best position to be in is the ability to 1. weather any blow, or loss of part of your organization or movement (because whoever holds out the longest wins) 2. appear threatening to the enemy, but completely harmless in practice 3. the public can see the harmlessness, but the enemy can't. All the enemy sees is the apparent threat. And with each overreach, more people turn against the state. With each brutality, more people question. With each mistake, the state is forced to lock down on dissent harder, clamp down on dissidents with more brutality and draconian measures, until it has lost *all* credibility. At that point, you have all the supporters you need. And all that it requires is that you're brave enough.