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From: odom@uiucuxc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: WAS KING A MAN OF PEACE? - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 25-Oct-83 21:41:04 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 25 21:41:04 1983
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uiucuxc!odom    Oct 25 11:45:00 1983

i'm too young to have taken part or even observed much
of what went on in the 60's (politically) however, i was
raised to belief that MLK was a good man who intelligently
went about changing an unintelligent system.

i saw Ghandi not long ago, and was struck by the resemblence
between the two points of view.  i was also under the
impression that America was very big on the "civil disobedience"
belief as a means to change unjust laws?!?

i just returned from vacation with my in-laws (born-again, white,
southern etc., but nice folks) who informed me that MLK was
a Communist (i avoided that fight).  fact of the matter is,
i don't care if he was or wasn't, he started a chain of
events that changed a lot of stupid laws/rules and by so
doing increased our resources ("a mind is a terrible thing to waste").


anyways, Dennis, it must be great to be able to say you took
part in that historical a movement.  i doubted if i'd've done
much even if i had been old enough (i tend toward the silent
majority) but i'd like to think i would have...

                              susan odom