Thoreau's View of Civil Disobedience Sifting through these posts, it has nearly been two years since anyone has added to Jon-Jon's claims about Civil Disobedience. There are several issues that need to be addressed, but first of all, I do agree with Jon-Jon on the point that Ben fails to see the true purpose of what "Civil Disobedience" means. This type of action does not mean the complete removal of a government; however, I think Jon-Jon has overspoken what the purpose of Civil Disobedience (by Henry David Thoreau) is about. As someone who followed the ideas of Emerson, Thoreau put the Trancendentalist idea....

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