-Caveat Lector- Hi I just mailed this out on my list, and after looking at this, seems appropriate to be on this list as well. "Carlene M. Wojahn" wrote: > > This is from the "Outrage" list... > > > > WE HAVE A DREAM! > > > > We have a dream. Someday, in this great land of ours, people, > > including even lawyers and political activists, will come to > > believe character really does matter. > > > > We have a dream. We will no longer deify people who plagiarize their > > doctoral > > theses. If a man takes the title of Reverend, we'll expect him > > to honor at least a few of the Ten Commandments. If a married > > man competes with Hugh Hefner for sexual conquests, we won't feel > > compelled to listen to his moral wisdom. > > > > We have a dream. Someday, black churches in America will not be > > manipulated as institutional power bases by ambitious black men. > > We're starting to worry that the good reverends are using the > > Borgia Popes as their role models. We dream that the day will > > come when lawyers and politicians stop cynically using race as > > leverage to increase their wealth and power. > > > > We have a dream. Someday, quiet people leading lives of > > unheralded virtue and real productivity will be honored. Someday > > all people, black and white, will realize the real heroes aren't > > the ones giving speeches filled with bombastic rhetoric. Real > > heroes are quietly doing real work: building houses, writing > > software code, nursing the elderly, parenting the young -- the > > whole cornucopia of human endeavor that actually results in > > better lives for real people. > > > > We have a dream. Someday holidays will really matter, instead of > > serving as crass, meaningless tools of political correctness. > > People will actually give thanks on Thanksgiving. Christians > > will actually celebrate the birth of Christ on Christmas. New > > Year's Day will mean something other than recovering from a > > hangover and watching football on the tube. > > > > We have a dream. Someday Americans will realize there's > > something perverse about the idea of devoting an equal amount of > > time, and supposedly reverence, to: > > - a single civil rights leader > > - all of America's presidents including founding fathers like > > George Washington and Thomas Jefferson > > - and the thousands of men and women who have died defending the > > United States in wartime. > > > > Yet we have one day for Presidents Day, one day for Memorial Day, > > and one day to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. > > > > We have a dream. Although we're as sentimental as the next fool, > > we hope that someday we'll all realize early death does not > > qualify one for sainthood. Whether it be John F. Kennedy, > > Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Princess Diana, or Martin Luther > > King, dying young may be the road to legend, but hardly a > > guarantee that the life was worth remembering, much > > less celebrating. > > > > Our final dream is that the day will come in America when one can > > criticize black cultural icons without being labeled a racist. > > We call this the impossible dream. > > > > --------------- > > > > We first published this essay last year to mark the celebration > > of Martin Luther King Day. We plan on publishing it annually > > until America begins celebrating a Come-Back-to-your-Senses > > holiday. > > > > ------------------------------- > > > > RAGEBACK! > > > > Tell us what you think about the celebration of MLK Day > > http://www.theoutrage.com/rageback/99-01-15.html#soundoff > > > > Read what others have to say: > > http://www.theoutrage.com/rageback/99-01-15.html#rage > > > > ************************ > > > > QUOTE OF THE DAY! > > > > I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in > > a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin > > but by the content of their character. > > > > -- Martin Luther King (1929-68), speech in Washington, August 27, > > 1963 > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > > Subscribing and Unsubscribing > > ---------------------------- > > If for any reason you need to change your mailing address just > > unsubscribe your old mailing address and subscribe your new > > address. 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