posted on June 28, 2003 09:37:08 PM new
After you err to the degree he did reform is not an option - quiting the public eye is the only worthy response.
If they tell everyone where he's buried they'll never get grass to grow for the people who will stop to piss on his grave.
posted on June 29, 2003 06:04:16 AM new
Excerpt of a good sumation of Strom Thurman from Daily Kos by Steve Gilliard - What Are They Afraid of ?
Thurmond wasn't evil because he was a racist, but because he was a pragmatist. When the segs ruled the land, he sided with them. He consorted with murderers and terrorists to gain votes in a desperate bid for national office so disgraceful it was mostly forgotten in the last 30 years of his life. This, despite having a black daughter he didn't mention for 60 years.
When that train crashed and burned, despite his best efforts, he decided to serve his black constituents. Not because he had a change of heart, but because he realized he had to keep his job. So he opened doors for them, not out of kindness, but because of the same pragmatism he showed when he ignored their suffering and denied his own child.
Unlike the virulent racist, Lester Maddox, Thurmond was able to do what it took to stay in power, so to condemn him for a life of evil would be wrong, since only 60 percent of his life was in the service of evil. We need only note that his world died long before he did and he adapted to new times.
His world ended when men like Maynard Jackson could become mayor of Atlanta. No one had to qualify their praise, minimize his acts or pretend he was a different man than he was. Jackson, like so many from that era, represented the best of what America could be.
We are a different world than the one Jackson entered in, and it was because he sought to change that world, that we live in it, with scant help from the Thurmonds of the world, who turned their back on a war waged on school girls and the unarmed.
posted on June 29, 2003 08:00:05 AM new
12,
I think it’s typical for people to fear the unknown.
What will happen if Islam grows here?
What will happen if more ‘ethnics’ come here.
How will I feed my family if the ammunitions plant closes down.
Even though we may ‘fear’ something, we know if it is right or wrong to let these fears rule our society.
If we want the world to improve we need to be more accepting of each other differences.
I too am guilty of these ‘mortal sins’, I don’t need a bible to tell me if it’s a sin or not, I mean a sin against humanity. We know when something is wrong.
The one thing we should all fear is that these ‘wrongs’ become institutionalised.
What I said to bear yesterday for example was wrong & I know that, but we are all I guess sinners.
