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College students have plenty to protest

The Norwich Bulletin By Scott Deshefy November 20, 2015 In May 1971, while occupying an administrative building during the Vietnam moratorium, I stopped a fellow freshman from damaging a desk. Scratching furniture for which mahogany trees paid dearly just didn’t jive with nonviolent civil disobedience. Since then, whenever someone blows off steam, however righteous the anger, I’m reminded of a 1799 sketch by Francisco Goya, “El sueno de la razon produce monstruos” (The sleep of reason yields monsters). Belying their agitation, the bats, owls, cats and other “children of the night” in Goya’s dream are rather inviting. But, the message…