Today is th 40th anniversary of MLK Jr.'s assassination

[Mr Sparkle]

dude, what the hell?

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-04-04-voa7.cfm

Doesn't seem as long ago when you think about it.

I can imagine your grieving right now.

 

[Handsome Rob]

R.I.P., Dr. Martin Luther the King:

Here's to the idea of treating all people decently.

 

[Memphis Slim]

I remember my dad coming home that night. The city called a curfew. He got pulled over and the police checked his trunk. Man, he was angry. I was too young to quite understand what was happening.

 

[chaseter]

dude, what the hell?

Nobody associates bad things with anniversaries 40 years ago MLK was assasinated is better than Today is the 40th anniversary of MLK's assasination.

 

[chaseter]

I remember my dad coming home that night. The city called a curfew. He got pulled over and the police checked his trunk. Man, he was angry. I was too young to quite understand what was happening.

Knowing your beliefs and political views, chances are that your dad had a gun rack with at least 5 firearms within his reach

 

[TNC9852002]

Did they actually catch the "real" killer?

-TNC

 

[Mister J]

A truly great man. The world was robbed of his presence far too soon, but his memory and the effects of his life will timelessly endure.

Thank you, Dr. King.

 

[The Chairman]

R.I.P. to a truly beautiful man. God Bless You, Dr. King.

 

[Addendum]

Did they actually catch the "real" killer?

-TNC

They caught the man that confessed to it, even though he "recanted" that confession and tried to get a trial.

 

[QueerMike]

HOOOOORRRRRAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!

Uh, wait a minute...

 

[shadowforce420]

I got a bunch of people to hold a moment of silence at 7:01pm eastern yesterday. The world needs more people like him.

 

[Varient]

know it, drink it, eat it, breath it, understand it.
Give him props for being and props stepping up to the plate.
Remember the man, and what he stood for.
Don't celebrate his being killed, celebrate his having lived.

V.

 

[Neptune]

If MLK had a comic based on him, he would.

Ever heard of X-men? Charles Xavier and Magneto are based on MLK and Malcom X.

 

[Cosmic]

^If that's true, then it's a false comparison.

 

[terry78]

Ever heard of X-men? Charles Xavier and Magneto are based on MLK and Malcom X.

Most average people don't get that unless Lee flat out says it. Comic geeks know that.

 

[Addendum]

The average person is a tard anyway, so everything has to be spelled out for them (how to drive, how to diet, how to sleep, how to read, how to think, how to use a toothpick, how to brush, how to floss, how to wipe one's ass, how to have sex, how to vote, etc. etc. etc.)

 

[Cosmic]

It's severely insulting (and false) to compare Malcolm X to Magneto, who was basically a genocidal maniac.

 

[Varient]

It's severely insulting (and false) to compare Malcolm X to Magneto, who was basically a genocidal maniac.

SMH.
He didn't start out that way.

He grew into that as time went on and he lost patience with humanity as a whole.

Look at his powerset and realize he could've wiped the planet years ago.

The original premise for "X-Men" was about prejudice, ignorance, and hating just because someone was "different".

It has changed in some ways since then.

V.

 

[Cosmic]

Varient, the comparison refers to what the characters were originally based on, not what they are in the comics, now. To say that Magneto, an evil supervillain who's purpose is to rule the world and enslave the entire human race...to Malcolm X, is completely incorrect and slanderous, and you know it.

 

[Warhammer]

Without Dr. King, who knows what America (or the world) would be like.