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Hearing them is time well-spent,
regardless of one’s politics.
Sunday afternoon is a time of the week that most
of us treasure as our only chance to relax — to
hug our kids, visit an aging parent, watch sports on TV, maybe run an errand or two. So perhaps it isn’t surprising that the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration last Sunday at 4 p.m. attracted only 75 people, almost all adults.
Once the music started, once Dr. King’s words began to be spoken by local stand-ins, the place turned electric. Every person feeling the electricity surely thought: “Why aren’t there more here? What could possibly be better than this?”
The biggest surprise — at least for those of us unfamiliar with King’s wide-ranging thoughts — was his stunning way of articulating universal longings, as you can see in the excerpts from his speeches printed on page 3.
Hearing his words amid the soul-lifting music of local gospel singers was, well, transporting.
Next time, let’s get the celebration into our schools — or at least see more parents bringing their children.
Legal hunters
In refusing to shield poachers, they
save o\ir wildlife for the future. /
The following words of Martin Luther King Jr. fit
the situation behind the lead story in today’s
Rappahannock News: “To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.”
Law-abiding hunters provided the tips that lead law-enforcement officials to crack down on the growing business of looting our wildlife for profit.
The legitimate hunters saw evil, and they did not let it pass. We owe them our gratitude. Thanks to people of conscience, we may be able to keep our bears from disappearing, as they have in parts of the world where protective laws are non-existent or enforcement is lax.
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