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January 15, 2006
To honor Dr. Martin Luther King
"We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism, and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered. A nation can flounder as readily in the face of moral and spiritual bankruptcy as it can through financial bankruptcy."
Beyond Vietnam, April 1967
Click on this link (broadband, Macromedia Flash necessary) and listen to Dr. King in his own voice.
And join Houston Democrats in tomorrow's parade.
Posted by Perry Dorrell at January 15, 2006 09:06 AM | Permalink
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You can find the full transcript of Beyond Vietnam along with additional audio excerpts at this link.
Posted by: PDiddie at January 15, 2006 10:36 AM
This is an excellent animation. It contains the following (a little unsettling in light of current events):
"Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman for the whole world. God has a way of standing before the nations with judgment and it seems that I can hear God saying to America, 'You are too arrogant. If you don't change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power, and I will place it in the hands of a nation that doesn't even know my name.'"
Posted by: PDiddie at January 16, 2006 09:36 AM