Climate road blockades: legitimate?
Climate activists block a motorway at rush hour.
- Legitimate disobedience in the face of the emergency
- Just cause, but counterproductive method
- Severe penalties: no one is above the law
What's at stake: The debate pits the urgency of a cause seen as just against respect for other citizens and the law.
The left's argument
When legal routes fail, civil disobedience has often helped change the law.
The centre's argument
The cause is just, but blocking people on their way to work turns opinion against it.
The right's argument
Blocking people going to work or to hospital is unacceptable, whatever the cause.
And you, where do you stand?
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