Rosa Park dies

There is nothing I can relly say.

RIP. She was a important person in America history. And it help King start the bus boycott. And the rest is history.

How old was this broad? Damn, she'd have to be pushing 90 or something.

Oh, R.I.P

She lived just south of me.... 😄

92 according to google. Which is why I assumed she was already dead.

I don't think me saying R.I.P. is going to have any impact on her family, her cause or the world... but hey, since all the cool kids are doing it... R.I.P.

Originally posted by -hh-
http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews/pm6901_20051024.htm

r.i.p

I saw her on Touched by an Angel 😊

92 years is an illustrious life length. She was a good woman.

Oh no how sad, I know *OPRAH* is going to do a show about her

Originally posted by BackFire
I think he's pointing out the irony and silliness of a bunch of white people, who were not really impacted very much by her actions, morning her death by not doing anything other then saying "RIP you were brave".

Indeed

but she has...well she SHOULD have an effect on us all.
today people look upon civil disobediance as "unamerican"
yet the greatest and most beneficial changes to 'civilised' man arises
from those who break the law when they follow a sense of what is right and FAIR.

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
Indeed

Still your comments were not needed. How do you know if these people are just saying "R.I.P. - You were brave" without any meaning?

I am proud of Rosa Parks because of what she did, I may be white, but I am proud of what she did because it changed the face of America. Imagine if that type of racial bigotry were still common. I've grown up in the world as it is today, I can't even begin to imagine how it must have been back then. It's actually quite sickening to know that our grandparents are the ones who participated in segregation, I know my grandfather still has issues with those of other races because that was how he and most of those in the first half of last century were raised.

And yes...I also thought she was already dead.

Originally posted by MysteryRidah
Color / race has nothing to do with anything.

We wouldn't know who she is if that were the case.

http://www.channelone.com/news/exchange/opinions/2004/06/24/se_racism/

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,172252,00.html

http://media.funlol.com/content/white-guy-gets-beat-up.wmv

http://www.pipeline.com/~rgibson/RACESTAT.htm

http://www.socialistworker.org/2004-1/491/491_07_RacismUSA.shtml

http://www.law.berkeley.edu/faculty/yooj/professional/writings/lowell.html

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0011,noel,13270,1.html

http://www.racematters.org/blackslackpowertoberacists.htm

Did she ever do anything after not getting out of her bus seat?

Personally, I don't think she had the civil rights of all African Americans in mind; she was just tired.

It might be insensitive for me to ask this question, but did she do anything else with her life to help the Civil Rights cause?

I mean she is a symbol, no doubt, but I'm not sure i'm ready to treat her like a hero.

People are revered for much less.

Originally posted by 8bitChris
Did she ever do anything after not getting out of her bus seat?

Personally, I don't think she had the civil rights of all African Americans in mind; she was just tired.

It might be insensitive for me to ask this question, but did she do anything else with her life to help the Civil Rights cause?

I mean she is a symbol, no doubt, but I'm not sure i'm ready to treat her like a hero.

she acted through civil disobedience.
it wasnt as simple as not getting out of a bus seat.
she knew she would be arrested but still refused.
i think that took bravery

Originally posted by PVS
she acted through civil disobedience.
it wasnt as simple as not getting out of a bus seat.
she knew she would be arrested but still refused.
i think that took bravery

I took a leak on a hotel's front door while the bellboy was standing right there when I was in the French Quarter one time. smartass

After I zipped up, I ran.

Originally posted by botankus
I took a leak on a hotel's front door while the bellboy was standing right there when I was in the French Quarter one time. smartass

After I zipped up, I ran.

so how did you feel that public exposure and vandalism was just and fair?

well, doesnt matter since you ran. had you waited for the police to arrive...

Originally posted by PVS
so how did you feel that public exposure and vandalism was just and fair?

well, doesnt matter since you ran. had you waited for the police to arrive...

Love that cow! ^^

Originally posted by botankus
I took a leak on a hotel's front door while the bellboy was standing right there when I was in the French Quarter one time. smartass

After I zipped up, I ran.

Was the bellboy black?