January 17, 2005

• So, today is Martin Luther King Day. The last 3 compaines I have worked
  for have had MLK day as a holiday, which I think is cool, but I hope
  they aren’t doing it just to be PC. I have always felt that it was a
  very important holiday, at least for me. He represented everything that
  I have always believed and stood for. I feel we should make more of
  this holiday, because it is a goal that we all should have, which is
  everybody living together and whatnot. The NBA always makes a big deal
  of MLK day, in fact the Bulls are playing right now, a rare weekday
  game. Although it is a very hopeful day, its also a very sad day on
  many respects. We have come so far, but still have a long way to go,
  which is the frustrating part. If I could have one wish, it would be
  that everybody, regardless of race, sex, age, sexual preference, or
  religon got along and lived in peace. I know, I sound like a hippie,
  but I guess I’m about 1/3 hippie. Why people should be pre-judged on
  any of this has always been mind boggling to me. I do understand it
  though. People get that way for several reasons, usually it was the way
  they were raised, they had a bad experience with a certain kind and it
  sours them, or its a fear of the unknown. I feel that if people got to
  know or learn about others, we wouldn’t have all this overwhelming
  hate. They would see that everybody is pretty much the same and not any
  different. I saw a very powerful movie called “American History X”. I
  feel its a movie everybody should see, so that they can learn how the
  other half lives and becomes how they become, but things are not
  hopeless and not powerless to change. I just wish there was something
  more I could do besides just writing about it or donating to charities
  and setting a good example, because all this hate is truely disgusting.
  It sickens me. People should be hated based on their personality, not
  for other things they can not change, such as race! Seriously, though,
  I think if I were a judge, and somebody was convicted of a hate crime,
  I think I would sentence them to learn more about the particular group
  they have commited their crime against, as I feel learning about that
  group is the best way to change them. Anywho, here is to MLK, I hope
  someday his dream can at least come close to being a reality.

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