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Old 03-31-2005, 08:19 PM   #41 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Manx
I'm curious why you would draw the line at Malcolm X.
I don't have a personal issue with it, but as he was a more radical influence I could see there being even more issues with Malcolm X than TJ. Truthfully though it really does beg the question what makes a person appropriate for school naming, should they be a pacifist, a gadfly, a dreamer, an inventor, what? I do appreciate you calling me to task on it though, as I don't have some great reason for singling him out, it just struck me as a more polarizing influence for some reason.
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