-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: "THE OUTRAGE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Outraged Recipients" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 6:32 AM Subject: WE DREAM AGAIN! > WE HAVE A DREAM! > > Also a tradition. Every year they light a big tree in Rockefeller > Center at Christmas, and Scrooge has his recurring nightmares. Every > New Year's Eve Grandma Outrage has one too many sherries and sleeps on > the sofa. Everyone has their traditions, and one of our favorites is > the dream we have every year after we finish the toasts on Martin Luther > King, Jr. day: > > We have a dream. Someday, in this great land of ours, people, including > even lawyers and political activists, will come to believe that > 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 that 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 that there's something > perverse about the idea of devoting an equal amount of time, and > 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 that early death does not qualify one for > sainthood. Whether it be John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, > Princess Diana, or Martin Luther King Jr., 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. > > RAGEBACK! > > Does Martin Luther King Jr. deserve a national holiday? > http://www.theoutrage.com/rageback/00-01-15.html#soundoff > > Read what others have to say: > http://www.theoutrage.com/rageback/00-01-15.html#rage > > > ************************ > > OUTRAGEOUS QUOTE! > > 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 Jr. (1929-68), speech in Washington DC, 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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