tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25372770.post4093381588128201306..comments2023-11-05T22:47:04.715+11:00Comments on backin15: Martin Luther King's Beyond Vietnam speechbackin15http://www.blogger.com/profile/16526191748394549650noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25372770.post-21863647349388401882007-04-03T09:14:00.000+10:002007-04-03T09:14:00.000+10:00Cheeze, yeah the comparisons have been made for a ...Cheeze, yeah the comparisons have been made for a while, I didn't mean to claim any insight there, but King's entire speech seems to speak of here and now - his earlier comments about the fraud of the American rhetoric are particularly true.<BR/><BR/>Chris, thanks for this link - I didn't know this speech at all. The line about it being easier to fight for principles that live them is fantastic.<backin15https://www.blogger.com/profile/16526191748394549650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25372770.post-49054543119008642632007-04-03T01:38:00.000+10:002007-04-03T01:38:00.000+10:00You might enjoy this speech from Adlai Stevenson: ...You might enjoy this speech from Adlai Stevenson: http://tucnak.fsv.cuni.cz/~calda/Documents/1950s/Stevenson_52.html<BR/><BR/>I looked it up after I heard it quoted in an episode of Boston Legal last night!<BR/><BR/>Some of the bits that I quite liked:<BR/><BR/>"The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression. Too often sinister threats to the Bill of Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13976335233713313377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25372770.post-60615299483654970092007-04-03T01:12:00.000+10:002007-04-03T01:12:00.000+10:00I guess the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq hav...I guess the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq have been discussed for a while now, but I still found those quotes downright eerie, mate. Those words could definitely have been said today (if there was someone of similar honesty, eloquence and soul as Dr King around)...Cheezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176170186766506070noreply@blogger.com