Apparently this is the breaking point,

[quaker bill]

336. I still don't see it

Government kills people all the time. The people of apparent concern here were without reasonable doubt in the company of and aiding and abetting an organization that targets and kills people, citizens, foriegn nationals, and US military personell. We kill people every day for less than this. You can easily end up dead for robbing a convenience store, where no one was hurt in the slightest. Heck, you can nearly end up dead for driving a blue tacoma in the wrong place.

Government here can and does take the lives of its citizens, with due process at best only post mortem.

I guess we could do the same for these guys, I just don't think it makes it any better.

I have been a part of many protest movements. Organizations I have been a part of were in fact infiltrated by federal agents. They did not find anything, because Quakers are pacifists and weapons of any sort are strictly forbidden at our rallies. We don't do this by accident. If you are going to do civil disobedience at a national security facility, it is good to make it really clear to the guys in the green suits carrying the M-16s, that you will have no weapons and will offer no resistance to their arrests.

I know from personal experience that you can fill the local jails to the brim, with no one getting hurt. What you do is you send folks with no ID and no prior history. THey all identify themselves as John and Jane Doe. It can tie the courts up for weeks and gets pretty good coverage.