tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post4735542132571732987..comments2024-02-19T10:16:13.581+00:00Comments on Past Imperfect: Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-32333280191882695642008-04-08T20:11:00.000+01:002008-04-08T20:11:00.000+01:00GG: thwt''s true, but his murder had an incendiary...GG: thwt''s true, but his murder had an incendiary effect.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-37975387113975236382008-04-08T13:31:00.000+01:002008-04-08T13:31:00.000+01:00The sad thing is, Martin Luther King was all about...The sad thing is, Martin Luther King was all about peace.neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-37822644431125670362008-04-08T06:00:00.000+01:002008-04-08T06:00:00.000+01:00Sam: it was a terrible time and one's heart went...Sam: it was a terrible time and one's heart went out to them.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-63021226598115976002008-04-08T01:38:00.000+01:002008-04-08T01:38:00.000+01:00What a terrible thing for a young boy to witness a...What a terrible thing for a young boy to witness and suffer through. To keep his rage about that in check must be a daily struggle. <BR/><BR/>There is so much still to be done to erase these scars on history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-51798078554996235032008-04-06T17:06:00.000+01:002008-04-06T17:06:00.000+01:00That writing was so frightening. I was around the...That writing was so frightening. I was around the same as the writer during the time of MLK Jrs murder. Sad to think of how people used his death to ruin what he stood for.<BR/><BR/>Hello, Michele sent me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-66162680868502910042008-04-06T15:57:00.000+01:002008-04-06T15:57:00.000+01:00Rashbre: very true. I read the book you mention a...Rashbre: very true. I read the book you mention and enjoyed it.<BR/><BR/>Bob-kat: as I said above, the speech Robert Kennedy made just after he got the news of King's death hopefully pointed the way to another solution.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-42457318726701101742008-04-06T15:53:00.000+01:002008-04-06T15:53:00.000+01:00Mike and Judy: I remember the sixties as a time o...Mike and Judy: I remember the sixties as a time of despair; in 1963 JFK was assassinated, in April 1968 Martin Luther King was assassinated and just two months later Robert Kennedy was assassinated. I have just been watching Robert Kennedy's speech after King's death on You tube and it is very inspirational and comforting.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-5245935238451240812008-04-06T14:04:00.000+01:002008-04-06T14:04:00.000+01:00That was very powerful and sad. It just goes to sh...That was very powerful and sad. It just goes to show that racism begats racism and who can blame anyone when tragedy visits in such a profound way.<BR/><BR/>Michele sent me back to hope you are having a good weekend.Bobkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842625953465490864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-29286164411604789982008-04-06T11:38:00.000+01:002008-04-06T11:38:00.000+01:00All well within a lifetime too, and there's still ...All well within a lifetime too, and there's still so many parts of the world where equivalent things happen right now. Scary to think about how many people walk around with these kinds of stories in their heads.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://rashbre2.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">rashbre</A><BR/><BR/>ps another good author who writes well about how to write is Stephen King - and its not all about horror genre either.rashbrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138427049001650099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-13891186182291054352008-04-06T04:07:00.000+01:002008-04-06T04:07:00.000+01:00How horribly sad that is.How horribly sad that is.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-37810333707308728962008-04-05T23:51:00.001+01:002008-04-05T23:51:00.001+01:00That is extremely compelling, and very well writte...That is extremely compelling, and very well written. I only vaguely remember when Dr. King was assassinated, I was just five at the time. I have studied him and the era extensively since and recently. I agree with Naomi that we have come so very far yet we still have a long ways to go. The controversy du jur in the Obama campaign is evidence of that.<BR/><BR/>Michele sent me,<BR/><BR/>MikeMichael K. Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07726807939923761538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-85769462061785416042008-04-05T23:51:00.000+01:002008-04-05T23:51:00.000+01:00Naomi: it does bring it all back; it's very easy ...Naomi: it does bring it all back; it's very easy to forget the real horror of it. Even though one wasn't being personally oppressed one felt the rage and hopelessness of it. Thank God we have moved on somewhat.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-82507392414785594942008-04-05T21:27:00.000+01:002008-04-05T21:27:00.000+01:00Very very powerful! And people wonder about the ef...Very very powerful! And people wonder about the effects of Racism. When you realize that THAT was only 40 years ago...It is shocking and frightening. Yes, we've come a long way...BUT, not long enough by any means.<BR/>I remember where I was when I heard this horrific news about Martin Luther King, and I was about to go to a meeting of Artists--both Blavk & White, at The Ankrum Gallery, here in Los Angeles, about a specific show to be done there.....The sadness in that room was palable and the hopelessness---More on the part of whites, like me. Black people in this country had already lived through so much at that point....Oh it was a terrible terrible time--Don't misunderstand what I am saying--it was just a different reaction from those of us who had NOT lived life being a person of color in America. Those were hard hard days, and one felt the weight of the world on people's shoulders.<BR/><BR/>That memoir was very very moving. What a lesson, Pat.<BR/><BR/>Michele sent me, my dear....OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-14284413387989712732008-04-05T21:02:00.000+01:002008-04-05T21:02:00.000+01:00cq: does she write about the actual doing of it I ...cq: does she write about the actual doing of it I wonder?Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-78580472581820894032008-04-05T20:54:00.000+01:002008-04-05T20:54:00.000+01:00I think Jung Chang is an excellent exponent of wri...I think Jung Chang is an excellent exponent of writing life stories - she wrote about her grandmother, her mother and her own life in her magnificent book Wild Swans, covering 100 years of Chinese history.......<BR/><BR/>I'm just about to start in on her biography of Mao.<BR/><BR/>Michele sent me tonight, Pat :-)<BR/><BR/>cqcraziequeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15098227916486173799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-55252364628019057262008-04-05T20:38:00.000+01:002008-04-05T20:38:00.000+01:00gautami: now is a good time; there is a lot of in...gautami: now is a good time; there is a lot of information about him just now.<BR/><BR/>Randall: I remember great waves of emotion.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-22213503809717948162008-04-05T18:48:00.000+01:002008-04-05T18:48:00.000+01:00Pat, I was about the same age and watched rioting ...Pat, I was about the same age and watched rioting on T.V. It is difficult to explain how that effected everyone.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-20406788106182965732008-04-05T17:40:00.000+01:002008-04-05T17:40:00.000+01:00I need to read more about Luther King! I am fascin...I need to read more about Luther King! I am fascinated by him. <BR/><BR/>Good to see you again!<BR/><BR/>Got here from Michele...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com