> But Civil Disobedience means that you put civility -- the willingness to not fight -- at the same level as your moral outrage.
Although civil disobedience is in contrast to war, AFAIK the term doesn't imply civility any more than "civil war" does.
The word "civil" in most of the common two-word combinations you can think of means something along the lines of "of the citizens." Civil rights are the rights of the citizens; civil war is a war between citizens of the same country; civil disobedience is citizens doing what they feel to be their civic duty by disobeying the civil government.
None of these imply any particularly great level of politeness, much less being a doormat.
Although civil disobedience is in contrast to war, AFAIK the term doesn't imply civility any more than "civil war" does.
The word "civil" in most of the common two-word combinations you can think of means something along the lines of "of the citizens." Civil rights are the rights of the citizens; civil war is a war between citizens of the same country; civil disobedience is citizens doing what they feel to be their civic duty by disobeying the civil government.
None of these imply any particularly great level of politeness, much less being a doormat.