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Originally Posted by dc_dux
An article helps explain the judge's actions:
http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Edi...2F2008%4022435
Based on the story, I applaud the judge for what he did.... after court business was completed.
But I agree with Host....I do have to wonder why one feels a need to search out stories about black public figures...and say its not about race?
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It's not about race (I already stated I would feel the same regardless of race) and I got this in my e mail today. This is about abuse of power.
OK Host...... let's see: was what the judge did segregation?
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Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Why did he not lecture ALL there that day?
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All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Was it an injustice, intentional or not?
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
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Was it ignorance or stupidity?
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Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963
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Was he judging by the color of skin and not by the content of character?
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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I would argue on this day we SHOULD be addressing racial problems. He sacrificed his life to do so and it would be unconscionable and disrespectful not to address racial problems on this day. IMHO.