But I'll play.
The military installation is obviously a different entity that any of the other three examples you've employed.
Military instillation
Abortion clinic
Unidentified industrial facility
Unspecified "animal facility"
My words:
It is also a tool for drawing attention to institutionalized problems in the social system itself. I also reject your attempt to equate a privately owned medical facility with a national military instillation. I (and most others I think) see a difference in the degree to which each is able to wield the weight of an oppressive authority; and it is to act as a counterbalance to that unrestrained power which forms the rationale and justification for civil disobedience.
Are your unidentified industrial or animal facilities "institutionalized problems in the social system"?
Do they enjoy a privileged status that allows them "to wield the weight of an oppressive authority" that immunizes them against backlash for violating the social contract?
And finally, is the protest violent or nonviolent? If nonviolent, is it merely a visual exercise like picketing, a disruptive exercise like blocking access or show of force exercise where intimidation is implied?
All of these factors, and probably more, go into determining my view of any given situation.
It might interest you to know that I had the opportunity to spend about 2 hours with the Sister back around 1991 discussing her activities. I actually had some rather sharp disagreements with her, but I was also left with absolutely no doubt of her sincerity, good intent and willingness to pay the price for her beliefs.
She is a remarkable woman.
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