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10-25-2005, 04:32 AM
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Re: Rosa Parks takes the bus
First "celebrity death" I have really stopped and thought about in a long time.
What a fantasticly simple person. 
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10-25-2005, 05:01 AM
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Re: Rosa Parks takes the bus
I had seriously never heard about her before today [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img], weird if she is so famous in the US.
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10-25-2005, 05:41 AM
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Re: Rosa Parks takes the bus
umm, fantastically.
and yeah, she's a pretty big deal in america, but I guess I could see not knowing about her... I havent memorized heroes of the irish civil war.
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#5
10-25-2005, 05:46 AM
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Re: Rosa Parks takes the bus
[ QUOTE ]
umm, fantastically. and yeah, she's a pretty big deal in america, but I guess I could see not knowing about her... I havent memorized heroes of the irish civil war. [/ QUOTE ] She is well known because she was used to integrate the buses, but she didn't do much of anything. It was arranged ahead of time that she would refuse to leave her seat, and they knew no harm would come to her. She was just the lucky person picked to be the "symbol" of the bus boycott. That puts her in the same category as Norma McCorvey (the Roe in Row v. Wade) who was used to advance the anti-abortion issue.
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10-25-2005, 05:48 AM
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come on, you cant save this comment for some other time?
the woman died for gods sake. yes, Im sure that "the coloreds" gaining equality is in the same arena as abortion legality in your mind, but for the sake of the rest of us, stfu
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#7
10-25-2005, 05:57 AM
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There is nothing negative about my comment. I was just stating the facts. She was used as a pawn for a movement. Nothing wrong with that. I wouldn't mind being famous for being a "test case" for something without having to do anything. Nice gig if you can get it.
Our friends across the pond may not understand her role if we don't tell them. They will understand what being famous without doing anything means... since they have Charles, William, Harry..... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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#8
10-25-2005, 10:15 AM
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Re: Rosa Parks takes the bus
It seems pretty clear to me that you're denigrating this woman. And when you say "she really didn't do much of anything" that pretty much tells me you didn't really read any decent biography. Just readying the blurbs on various websites about her life tells me she did a lot in her life to help civil rights.
She also recieved the highest possible civilian award (Congressional Gold Medal, I believe it's called) in 1999, a tribute to what she did with her life. Like I said, it seems like you've got an some weird anti-Rosa Parks agenda that actually does, honestly, make you come off a bit racist. That being said, tell me what biography you read that lead you to believe that she didn't do much.
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10-25-2005, 10:25 AM
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[ QUOTE ]
It seems pretty clear to me that you're denigrating this woman. [/ QUOTE ] It seems pretty clear to me that you are putting thoughts into people's heads. Read my actual words literally and you might just realize that you are wrong. [ QUOTE ] She also recieved the highest possible civilian award (Congressional Gold Medal, I believe it's called) in 1999, a tribute to what she did with her life. [/ QUOTE ] Awards mean nothing, they reflect the feelings of the people who decide who wins the award. You make a big mistake if you assume objectivity in awards. [ QUOTE ] it seems like you've got an some weird anti-Rosa Parks agenda [/ QUOTE ] Amazing. I've been talking about honoring her as she really was instead of some false spin image, and you think that is anti-Rosa Parks. The people who worship the phony spin are the ones disrespecting her. I honor the real person, it appears I am the only one who is honoring the real person. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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10-25-2005, 01:16 PM
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Re: Rosa Parks takes the bus
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] umm, fantastically. and yeah, she's a pretty big deal in america, but I guess I could see not knowing about her... I havent memorized heroes of the irish civil war. [/ QUOTE ] She is well known because she was used to integrate the buses, but she didn't do much of anything. It was arranged ahead of time that she would refuse to leave her seat, and they knew no harm would come to her. She was just the lucky person picked to be the "symbol" of the bus boycott. That puts her in the same category as Norma McCorvey (the Roe in Row v. Wade) who was used to advance the anti-abortion issue. [/ QUOTE ] This actually contradicts all accounts I had read about what happened that day. Where are you getting your info from?
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