Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:
Ya, it is not as if Bush and his neocon minions has ever used 9/11 and its aftermath to stage political rallies....
Quote from sputdr:
The failure of our gov't to protect us and to attempt to change our gov't and the death of a civil rights leader are a little disconnected dont' you think?
Remember Wellstone's funeral? A more disgusting display I cannot recall.
Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:
Would Dr. King, or his wife want their death, either by natural or unnatural causes, to advance their political agendas or not?
Tell me that either one of these people would not gladly have given their lives (King did) to advance the political cause....
To ignore their life, i.e. their devotion to their political causes at a funeral would be to diminish their value and importaqnce of their lives.
Oh and by the way, the Reagan funeral was essentially a politicization of his conservative agenda.
Quote from drmarkan:
That is assuming that their beliefs are actually the ones being advanced by the people speaking at the funeral. I personally do not see how the fight for equal rights and no WMDS in Iraq tie in together. I'm sure you can make something ridiculous up to defend it. The old "bigger picture" argument should do fine on this one. Make it sound philosophical.
Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:
Dr. King and his wife were promoters of peace, not pre-emptive unnecessary wars.....