[luvbach1]

I am a great admirer of Dr. King.

I am not and it has nothing to do with race or color. I am old enough to have heard Dr.King make inciendiary comments that are rarely, if ever, quoted 37 tears after his martydom. One comes to mind regarding a looming protest. I paraphrase: "I fear blood may run in the streets if redress is not made available." If that isn't tacit advocacy of violence...

[goldstategop]

I don't believe Dr. King advocated violence - I think he discussed what would happen if peaceful means of redress of the oppression and discrimination in The South failed. It didn't happen and whatever his personal shortcomings, Martin Luther King is still a great American simply because thanks to his efforts and millions who rallied to his side, he left America better off than when he was born into it. His "I Have A Dream" speech is the greatest single piece of oratory in the last century and it captured perfectly for an entire generation of idealistic Americans about the kind of country we should - and want to become. Complete equality between the races still hasn't been achieved but we're making progress every day to create a better life for every American no matter what the race hustlers and poverty pimps like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who make living off racial division, try to argue otherwise. I am one of those who maintains King's Dream isn't impossible for America; its what America is all about for every one of us alive and those generations yet to be born.