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On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 at 14:26, Sam Carleton <scarle...@gmail.com> wrote: > James, > > That is a really, really interesting quote. it really got me thinking > about peace and the definition of it. It got me thinking so much I wanted > to know the context of the sentence, so I went looking for it in Letter > from the Birmingham Jail, this is my source link ( > http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/letter_birmingham_jail.pdf). I am > not > able to find that sentence in the PDF. > > Ah, hold the press, I searched a bit more and discovered that what you > quote is not a direct quote but a paraphrased version of this sentence: > > I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great > stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens > Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more > devoted to order than to justice; who prefers a negative *peace* which is > the *absence of tension* to a positive peace which i*s the presence of > justice*; who constantly says, "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but > I can't agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically > feels that he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by > the myth of time; and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a > "more convenient season." > > Here is what I learned from this. I was WRONG!!!!! I made a very arrogant > statement that everyone knows what peace is, as if there is only one > meaning of peace! > > MLK is talking about a very different type of peace then what I am talking > about. The way I read what MLK is talking about, I get the impression he > is talking about civil peace, aka everyone following the laws the civil > athorities have put in place. As I think most folks get, today, many of > these laws were not so good and thus denied folks justice. > > I was referring to a feeling of inner peace. For example: Today I learned > my company is terminating my employment as of Oct 1. I'm at "inner" peace > with that. > > James, thank you so much for pointing out that quote and modivating me to > dig into it, I learned a lot tonight, which helps me continue to maintain > that inner peace after such an "interesting" day. > > > Pax vobiscum, > Sam Carleton > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 2:57 PM James K. Lowden <jklow...@schemamania.org> > wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 20:46:41 -0400 > > Sam Carleton <scarle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > It is my view that peace is not something that can be defined with > > > some words, rather it is a universal experience. > > > > "But peace is not merely the absence of this tension, but the > > presence of justice." > > -- MLK, Letter from the Birmingham Jail > > > > --jkl > > _______________________________________________ > > sqlite-users mailing list > > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > -- Regards, Michael.j.Falconer. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
