please critique my 200th ltte,If MLK was alive today

[w8liftinglady]

On the eve of his birthday,I wonder what the world would be like if Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. were alive today.I thought his quotes would best point out where his efforts would be directed.

-"Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal."

Dr. King would surely protest the torture done by America in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.

-"We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society."

Dr. King would have been active in the discussion of the crimes committed by Wall Street financiers that have resulted in the economic crisis today.

-"A right delayed is a right denied."

Dr. King would have protested the passage of The Patriot Act,which removed several Constitutional rights after 9/11.

"One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. "

Dr. King would have vigorously protested the "Family detention centers" such as the T. Don Hutto Immigration Center in Taylor,Texas.

"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."

Dr. King would have been at the forefront of equal access for all Americans to medical and dental care.

"A nation that continues year after year
to spend more money on military defense
than on programs of social uplift
is approaching spiritual death."

Dr. King would have opposed the War in Iraq,and campaigned for use of those dollars for programs that would have benefited all Americans,and ultimately,the world.

"Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

On his 80th birthday,Dr. King would sit back,proud that an African-American is going to be sworn in as president.I hope Dr. King's dream is finally coming true.

[angrycarpenter]

1. Pretty good

I feel that many of these problems would not even have happened had he lived. I believe this would be a far different, kinder world had he lived to continue his work.

[w8liftinglady]

2. thank you.I'm hoping my editor will print it on the 15th

[angrycarpenter]

3. I am a white boy from Alabama

I grew up in the late 60's- early 70's. I saw first hand the bigots that he was up against, People who celebrated his death as a good thing.

I consider him one of the bravest men who ever lived. A man that gave his life to make our world a better place for all people. He is one of my personal heroes and I think of him often.

[w8liftinglady]

4. I do too.I hope that my letter is a small tribute to his courge.

[Omaha Steve]

5. Looks great to me

K&R!