"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that"-Martin Luther King Jr.
my friend posted this quote about everyone's death dancing and i couldn't agree more. your celebration make you a bit more like him than you think. don't get me wrong, good riddance, but put your big gulp down, extinguish your sparklers and let it be.
I still think the parading is super weird. There was a rally here on campus, with fireworks and everything, and I just felt really uneasy about it.
ReplyDeleteIt's one thing to be relieved that a symbolic figurehead is extinguished, but it's another to confuse pent-up hatred with patriotism. This isn't going to end the war, this isn't going to repeal the Patriot Act, this isn't going to fix the economy, and this isn't going to eradicate a generation of radical terrorists all across the globe. We still have human trafficking, mass genocides, battle-ravaged nations, child labor, debilitating diseases, and millions of self-serving individuals who are obviously lacking a conscience. As one group in a mass of people, we have nothing to celebrate. /2cents
I kind of want a Big Gulp now, though.
Aw man, I just turned yr blog into my soapbox. Whoops.
ReplyDeletei want a big gulp too. ain't no thing kd, i always love hearing what you have to say. and i agree of course. the celebrating is all just very disturbing. that, and everyone's new facebook photo being the american flag. nothing like some fair-weather pats.
ReplyDeleteAlso, apparently, MLK never actually said that whole thing? Somebody made the first part up, and the internet attributed the whole quote to him. One person probably missed a quotation mark and, through various repostings, everything got confused. The only part that was MLK's was the "Returning hate for hate..." portion, which was from his 11th Annual SCLC Convention speech.
ReplyDeletewell whoever made it up has their shit together.
ReplyDeleteTrue that! Fistbump.
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