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librasould, indeed I feel your point of view. Especially, now when I think I am so comfy and at peace. I get so upset when foolsihness (i.e. racism) still has to creep in and steal my happiness. So believe me, I get a little "militant-feeling" when I want to.
But, along with technology, we have more information, hence the information age. I think that becasue we have so much knowledge to our disposal, we see ourselves as much more inofrmed and in some ways a lttle past the "non-violent-do-as-they-say" theory that most people think MLK adhered to.
Not, necessarily based on your post but based on the general feeling I get from my fellow collegians when we discuss "Back In The Day" and what we would have done if we were there.
I guess, I can't get with the violence because this country is not mine, I don't own it, I don't spin the media, what I think is not compiled and studied in anyone's polls, from the Nielsen's to the Gallup-- And this is 2002. So I guess, I feel that it had to have been exponentially worse in the '50s and '60s. That's why I often side with MLK, even though most people do feel that his means and ideals were a little short-sighted.
Good Stuff, thanks for starting the discussion.
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