tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post2973129787930542388..comments2023-10-28T05:25:48.599-07:00Comments on sfwillie's blog: AN MLK-DAY STORYsfwilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-4715002858998693842008-01-21T19:46:00.000-08:002008-01-21T19:46:00.000-08:00Thanks for the happy MLK story. At a blog called "...Thanks for the happy MLK story. At a blog called "Soho The Dog," he quoted a great MLK speech telling the tale of Odysseus and The Sirens and using a better singer (namely, Orpheus) to drown out their destructive songs. And here's the moral:<BR/><BR/>"So we must fix our visions not merely on the negative expulsion of war. But upon the positive affirmation of peace. We must see that peace Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-39985876615524908232008-01-21T18:37:00.000-08:002008-01-21T18:37:00.000-08:00Dear Mike, You're right, it's sad.Less sad:My dad ...Dear Mike, <BR/><BR/>You're right, it's sad.<BR/><BR/>Less sad:<BR/><BR/>My dad contributed regularly to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, MLK's org.<BR/><BR/>When MLK spoke at the gates of Santa Rita prison to a rally supporting me and 400 other civil disobediants against the war and the draft, my mom and dad drove over to participate. <BR/><BR/>A circle was closed there, and I knowsfwilliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22879205.post-67466444506106820022008-01-21T17:55:00.000-08:002008-01-21T17:55:00.000-08:00I'm not sure the word for that story is "ironic." ...I'm not sure the word for that story is "ironic." More like "sad" or "illuminating" or "absurd." Happy MLK Day, by the way.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com