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Late, but still hopefully a well-accepted tribute to MLK, Jr.

Submitted by theunabonger on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:54pm.

I know this is late, but a picture I saw on Rob Whitlock's Flickr Stream gave me the urge to post it.

"'A time comes when silence is betrayal.' That time has come for us in relation to Vietnam [Iraq].

The truth of these words is beyond doubt but the mission to which they call us is a most difficult one. Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the task of opposing their government's policy, especially in time of war. Nor does the human spirit move without great difficulty against all the apathy of conformist thought within one's own bosom and in the surrounding world. Moreover when the issues at hand seem as perplexed as they often do in the case of this dreadful conflict we are always on the verge of being mesmerized by uncertainty; but we must move on."

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