[rollei_list] Re: Happy MLK Day

It is a great day for the USA and its people.
It is additional hope for the entire world that there is still goodness
left around.
It is a time to reflect and to be grateful.

Raid

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The year Martin Luther King was killed I was one of a few Northerners 
attending a small sleepy Southern college.  My roommate was the first 
Black on campus.   The night Dr. King was killed I was cramming for an 
economics exam off campus.  I didn't know what had happened.  The next 
morning I met up with my roommate who thought I was too ashamed to come 
back to the room.  He had spent the night by himself. 

When I think of those days and what will happen tomorrow - well, I 
wouldn't have thought it possible in my lifetime.  I am proud to be an 
American today.

Rob 



Elias Roustom wrote:
> In keeping with the tradition of greeting each other on special 
> occasions, I wish you all a happy MLK day.
> I remember when this holiday first came around, and how much 
> controversy came with it - everything from economic arguments to nasty

> racist jokes - and I'm glad to see that it has settled nicely into our

> calendars. Like all American holidays, except maybe Thanksgiving, it 
> involves struggle and death, but stands on principle for the hopes and

> aspirations of a people committed to freedom and justice. It's good to

> be reminded of that as often as possible and it's good to have an 
> excuse to give myself, and my employees, the day off.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Elias
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