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posted on May 21, 2004 09:12:12 PM new
Wierd. macaber. Possibly not in the best of taste. But, hey, if you've got it, don't flaunt it, sell it on Ebay!
I especially like the ID of the first bidder.
I was trying to figure out what type of person would want to buy it. Obviously, would be viewed as a collector's item by some. A white supremeist racist, like the grand dragon of the KKK? A status seeker? Someone who wants to take his friends for a ride, then tell them to mess with their heads?
In my opinion, it is likley a painful reminder for many, not a positive thing like the seller is trying to make it. I was a white southern teen when he died, was not well informed or active in the civil rights movement, but felt it was a deep loss for the nation.
[ edited by meadowlark on May 21, 2004 09:12 PM ]
posted on May 22, 2004 07:48:51 AM new
I can't imagine why anybody would want this item. Dr. King was one of the main benefactors and such a positive influence during the civil rights movement. Why anybody would want this negative piece of history is beyond me.
posted on May 22, 2004 09:18:35 AM new
It's just a hearse, not the murder weapon. Some people like to drive hearses. Others might want something connected to King even if just in this peripheral way.
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