Appalling Silence
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of
social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the
appalling silence of the good people.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
I saw that quote at GallyNet and thought it fitting to be reprinted here. elizabeth
www.gallynet.org
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of
social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the
appalling silence of the good people.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
I saw that quote at GallyNet and thought it fitting to be reprinted here. elizabeth
www.gallynet.org
January 17th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Silence is not golden! It is almost like neutrality.
Jean Boutcher
Political and Peace Activist
January 17th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Neutrality is not necessarily a bad thing. I don’t think that’s what Dr. King meant though.
Sometimes, I believe silence is a better weapon than spewing hateful words.
January 17th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
This quote really makes sense to me, because history will watch and record us taking ACTION to make some social change (social transition) - if we don’t take ACTION (signing, speaking, writing, protesting, etc) then it is a greatest tragedy.
This reminds me of a vlog that I created - and it sufficiently made the point.
January 17th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Seems like the embedding part didn’t work… the link to the vlog called “They Came…”
the link is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgGRQfj8KlM
January 17th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Action in moderation my friend, not in the extremes unless it is the last resort.
January 18th, 2007 at 1:45 am
To Ben Vess in #2:
Perhaps you should read Dante’s Divine Comedy, including Inferno and find out into which circle neutral people would be placed.
Jean Boutcher
January 18th, 2007 at 10:20 am
Action is necessary to stop the social injustices. Not to is to condone these wrongs.
February 17th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
lol wow. dante was excellent. read the dual language version…could follow a a lil bit of italian based obn my french…
uhmm. i belong in the 7th or 8th level in hell. just a couplefrom the bottom.
neutrality is a good thing every now and then. but then again im already going to be cast in that inferno.
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