Thanks, NikW. You posted something that I can agree with. And, you treated my opinions with respect and intelligence, when other posters seemed to react otherwise.

There is so much with which I agree, that posting this seems a little post-climatic. (But, guess that's better than pre-climatic, or so my wife says.)

Absolutely, there can be no question about it: inner strength is of supreme importance in civil disobedience and non-violent resistance.  Had one of the Greensboro Four thrown a single punch at one of their many tormentors, the battle would have been lost.

But, back to MacGregor, I do not think any less of him, despite his apology. He may not be as strong as Martin Luther King, but still, he acted courageously and followed his inner moral compass.  I'm not sure that I could do what he did, or withstand Rawat's lawyer goons for as long as he did.