MLK Day

Varqanir · January 23, 2008, 2:23pm

[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
I prefer Ray (Kinsella).[/quote]

“I’m going to beat you with a crowbar until you leave.”

Varqanir · January 23, 2008, 2:25pm

DAMN!!

One minute. You beat me by ONE fucking minute.

But mine has a picture, so there.

Zap_Branigan · January 23, 2008, 9:28am

[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
I prefer Ray (Kinsella).

“I’m going to beat you with a crowbar until you leave.”

[/quote]

I love that scene.

Big_Boss · January 23, 2008, 3:22pm

[quote]Varqanir wrote:
Big_Boss wrote:
Headhunter wrote:
LOL…Hell…should black people not celebrate 4th of July?? Is the Declaration of Independence considered nothing more than a historical artifact because of the hypocrisy of Thomas Jefferson??

And anyway, comparing a man and an event is pretty pointless.

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That was my point…It’s more about what a person does…than who he/she is personally,right? At least when talking about important people of history. Does MLK’s personal issues as a MAN negate his affect and role in the EVENT of the Civil Rights movement? Just trying to provoke thought outside “how terrible of a person MLK was”…which this thread was turning into.

nephorm · January 23, 2008, 3:36pm

Most “heroes” have clay feet. But when someone has done good things, it only makes sense to admire those good things and respect them. The defects are surely reminders that we are all men, fallible, none of us perfect.

nephorm · January 23, 2008, 3:41pm

[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
Now that the thread has degenerated it will not be complete without the infamous “Thank You James Earl Ray” plaque. [/quote]

James Earl Jones brushes off engraving mistake

LAUDERHILL, Florida (AP) – James Earl Jones brushed off a mistake by an engraver who erred while inscribing a plaque meant to honor the actor during a Martin Luther King Jr. tribute.

The plaque was engraved: “Thank you James Earl Ray for keeping the dream alive.” Ray was the man convicted of assassinating King in Memphis, Tenn., in 1968.

Jones said the company made a common mistake and he’s been introduced as James Earl Ray before.

“There’s no point in getting too sensitive about it,” Jones said Saturday at the ceremony.

Instead of the plaque, the city gave Jones a colorful Ashanti stool similar to ones traditionally used as a throne in the African tribe.

Merit Industries, the plaque’s maker, said the mistake happened when an employee was preparing the Jones plaque at about the same time as one for someone named Ray Johnson.