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2006-01-16 posted by vic
  • Martin Luther King day


    Yep, it's today. The man was the real deal, but he was still just a man. Which leads me to what I like to call the perfect-man fallacy.

    My freshmen year in college, one of my suitemates and I got into a discussion over the appropriateness of celebrating MLK day. He argued that because King was an adulterer, and possibly a communist (or at least soft on communism), that he didn't deserve the holiday. All this reminded me of something from my childhood.

    When we're young, the founding fathers are held up as almost gods. George Washington couldn't tell a lie, Jefferson was the genius who wrote the Declaration, Franklin could, and did everything. On top of all that, they created a pretty good country. However, as one gets older, the history lessons get more in depth, and we start learning about their flaws. Their adultry, their weakness, their refusal to address slavery, even that they owned slaves. I remember a bit of disillusionment on learning this. These heros were human, and it crushed me. Well, until I realized that the problem wasn't with them, but with me. I expected them to be perfect, to do no wrong. I had forgotten that they were men.

    They weren't great men. They were normal men, who found the will to do great things. They deserve our honor and respect for not their faults, but their incredible accomplishments in spite of their faults.

    The same holds true for King. Did he have faults? Yes. I have yet to meet the man who doesn't. But he accomplished incredible things, that changed our country for the better for all of us. That's why he's great.

    So let's just bask in that greatness for while. Follow these links:



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