The truth is that he was a great man. A man who spoke truth to power,
even when it put his own life in jeopardy. A man who looked at the
contents of a man's heart, not just the color of his skin. A man of
peace, who is sorely missed today.
Even as America has turned it's back on those who would use race to
divide us, those who would seek privilege based on the color of their
skin, those who wish to distract our attention away from the important
tasks that lie before us to protect all the citizens of the world, we
need to remember that even as we have moved forward, the journey to
equality and justice is not over.
Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't have to die. He could have walked away to
become an old man, bouncing his grandchildren on his knee, but he stood
firm to give us a dream of what could be, a dream of a better world, a
world with equality, justice, and dignity for all.
Thank you, Reverend King.
--
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
Posted by David Hare-Scott on January 18, 2010, 8:23 pm
A very biased picture. The bogeyman of communism combined with the huge
evil of adultery. He must have been such a bad man capable of anything,
surely he spat on the pavement and lied to his mother about getting home
late at night as well, why wasn't that mentioned? I wonder why you had the
need to post it here, I wonder who is it serving and in what way. Don't
tell me that this is a public service to tell the truth. It is propaganda
pure and simple - but why? And speaking of plagiarism if you are the author
of this I would be amazed. If you are going to publish such OT material at
least tell us where you got it.
As an outsider I really wonder about the American tendency to both revile
and worship their heroes. It seems that one man's saint is another's sinner
and there is little objective balance. As if discovering that MLK was not a
saint was such a surprise.
If you took all the great men and women of history who have made the world a
better place you would find many of them had serious personal flaws,
particularly if judged against the prevailing public morality of the day. A
morality that is disregarded in private more often than not. Of course those
who also went against the establishment are bound to cop it by having those
flaws exposed and exploited for political reasons. Does that mean that
their achievements didn't happen? Getting back to King, does that mean
there was no need for the lot of Negroes to be improved? A biased and
sanctimonious picture indeed.
David
Posted by Dan L. on January 18, 2010, 9:57 pm
In article
> The Truth About "Martin Luther King, Jr." > SNIP...
Decisive hate talk only leads to the misery of the human soul.
Proverb: If you're too conceited or self-important, something will
happen to make you look foolish.
In many religions, PRIDE is a sin.
Are you committing a sin Rusty?
Do you really think you are better than MLK?
Consider the Proverb before you respond.
Enjoy Life ... Dan
--
Garden in Zone 5 South East Michigan.
Posted by phorbin on January 18, 2010, 11:32 pm
In article <c0ef122b-9e67-4753-885b-8e3bf8a0bc23 @g25g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, rustytrombone18@yahoo.com says...
> The Truth About "Martin Luther King, Jr." > > WHEN THE COMMUNISTS TOOK OVER a country, one of the first things that > they did was to confiscate all the privately-held weapons, to deny the
Geezus Marie.
If you're going to troll, why not make it short and to the point?
Posted by Bill who putters on January 19, 2010, 10:15 am
I live 10 miles from here.
Bill
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GLASSBORO Harry Belafonte is a man all-too familiar with making speeches
on the annual holiday honoring his friend, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
But finding something new to talk about isn't a challenge for him.
"From the way in which we've conducted ourselves as a nation, and as a
people, there seems to be much we have not heard, much we don't know"
about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Belafonte said Monday before a crowd
of 375 people in Rowan University's student center ballroom.
The 82-year-old musician, social activist and close-confidant of King
during the Civil Rights Movement was the keynote speaker at the
university's 24th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast.
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