Bin Laden

[Ian Livingston]

I will mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not
rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for
hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid
of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." ~ Martin Luther
King Jr

I gather the entire MLK quote is being dismissed because the person
who cited it in this case included the interjection rejecting the glee
over bin Laden's assassination within the quotation marks. I believe
the bit about "Returning hate for hate multiplies hate..." etc is
actually a quote from one of MLK's sermons. At least, it has been so
attributed for many years. It has been one of the central tenets of
non-violence in general since the 70s or 80s as I recall. There was a
poster, I remember, way back when. And this much is certainly true:
violence has never in history produced peace, only the occasional
weary pause in overt hostilities. Peace, like democracy, has yet to be
given a chance. Call it what you will, Dave, "it is an easy thing to
rejoice in the storm that destroys our enemy's house."

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:14 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://thedailywh.at/2011/05/02/misattributed-quote-of-the-day/
>
> MLK Jr didn't say it.
>



-- 
"Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the
trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments
of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates
than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant