From Paris 1968 to Vietnam, civil society has taken on the barricades and raised hell. Many around the world found comfort in American resistance to its own government’s excesses. As the following editorial argues, governments have to weigh national interests against pure principles. But in striking the right balance, governments benefit from the engaged dissent of their people. For all China’s military might and economic clout, its awesomely orchestrated society and its hold over its citizens, Bhutia’s solitary act shows the humane accommodations democracies allow. But most of all, his action is a challenge to fellow Indians so wary of taking a stand on any issue.
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