Rosa Parks RIP (1 Viewer)

[La La]

something as simple as not giving up her seat was a huge deal back then.
what a total dude .|..|
RIP

http://news.yahoo.com/fc/us/rosa_parks

 

[Latex lizzie]

Damn your international time zone quickness!

R.I.P miss defiant!

 

[La La]

sorry gav, i'll try and let you post up the news first next time

actually, i dont see the rory carroll kidnap/release mentioned on the iraq thread. do you wanna do the honours?

 

[Latex lizzie]

that was kinda all over the papers here so I never bothered this is way more important. I'm not doing half as much stuff in the Iraq thread anymore it was doing my head in..everyday the same shit about car bombs...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4372094.stm

 

[La La]

yeah today its all about bombing the journos out of iraq. scary shitz.

 

[broken arm]

see ya!

 

[La La]

see ya!

where are you going?

 

[broken arm]

where are you going?

i'm going to hang with rosa when i get deaded.

 

[La La]

i'm going to hang with rosa when i get deaded.

ok, just dont ask her for her seat when you gets to The Heaven...

 

[spiritualtramp]

I assume everyone is well aware that the Rosa Parks not giving up her seat thing was totally orchestrated? They had loads of ladies lined up to do it, Rosa Parks got to do it as she was the most *wholesome* one.

 

[La La]

I assume everyone is well aware that the Rosa Parks not giving up her seat thing was totally orchestrated? They had loads of ladies lined up to do it, Rosa Parks got to do it as she was the most *wholesome* one.

no, you assumed wrong.
what kind of a conspiracy theory is that?

whatever that theory, the fact is that it was a crucial moment in civil rights history. it's hard for us to fathom just how monumental not giving up a seat on a bus was because we weren't around then.

 

[broken arm]

no, you assumed wrong.
what kind of a conspiracy theory is that?

that's what wikipedia says.


edit. that doesn't take away from standing up for what you believe and being a catalyst for change

 

[La La]

that's what wikipedia says.

really? haha im gonna look it up now

 

[spiritualtramp]

no, you assumed wrong.
what kind of a conspiracy theory is that?

whatever that theory, the fact is that it was a crucial moment in civil rights history. it's hard for us to fathom just how monumental not giving up a seat on a bus was because we weren't around then.

Err, its totally true. Not a conspiracy theory.

Do you think it just magically happened? It was planned for ages, and a jolly good plan it was too.

Martin Luther King and co. had loads of lovely old ladies gagging to do it,so they checked out all their pasts to ensure maximum sympathy ratings (wouldn't look good if an ex-hooker was leading the bus protest, would it?). Thus Rosa Parks got the job.

 

[broken arm]

really? haha im gonna look it up now

on another note re. wikipedia - the guardian had a piece on it where it got experts to comment on wikipedia articles of their field. i thin the average response was 6/10

 

[La La]

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[La La]

Do you think it just magically happened? .

ah. hmmmm.

i wonder if this was orchestrated too...

 

[spiritualtramp]

on another note re. wikipedia - the guardian had a piece on it where it got experts to comment on wikipedia articles of their field. i thin the average response was 6/10

Ha! I was just about to reply to your post by saying how the Guardian says Wikipedia isn't totally correct.

I have some cool bus boycott quotes in a book somewhere (had quite the obsesssion with african-american writers), must dig them out.

 

[spiritualtramp]

ah. hmmmm.

i wonder if this was orchestrated too...

No, but that happened the day after the massacres rather than on the actual day.

 

[La La]

No, but that happened the day after the massacres rather than on the actual day.

actually i believe it happened before the massacre

edit: no you're right it was the day after