tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334744637968568106.post910071537363954409..comments2023-07-01T06:30:18.108-07:00Comments on Uncommon Sense Commentary: Just another holiday ....BlueDeaconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05641178784714584337noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334744637968568106.post-35227090851344287112012-01-18T09:13:59.968-08:002012-01-18T09:13:59.968-08:00I beleive Dr King would apporove of your portrayal...I beleive Dr King would apporove of your portrayal of him. There are many who would like us to beleive that , Dr, King was a pastor who left the ministry to become an activist. Whether you did or did not agree with him; he did what he did out of conscience before God. True it is " Just" another commercialized holiday. But, how long would it be before most forgot all together. I call 911 , "the never forget we already forgot". There will always be a vocal remnant who will remind America what the founders of what such holidays were established for ... God Bless You All ( John 3:17 )...Mark David MaddenMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06760363207521730135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334744637968568106.post-76591833812778860662012-01-16T20:45:29.624-08:002012-01-16T20:45:29.624-08:00I was seven years old when the lights went out in ...I was seven years old when the lights went out in my school (Allison Elementary - Wilkinsburgh, PA). I can remember the feeling of hopelessness. Unfortunately, I did not feel that way because of the death of Martin Luther King. I felt that way because I did not know who this man was, and I had to asked a school mate what was going on,and she (Sherrie Johnson - we both lived on Mill Street)said that MLK was assassinated. I said who? and she repeated his name, and I said oh! who is that, and she, as we were being escorted out of a dark school, said . . .she began to explain.<br /><br />My point, this should not be a holiday . . . it should be a holy day because this man came down and gave his life for all men. . . A Man . . .Butchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354129228615404589noreply@blogger.com