I have a dream

An interesting read... Bar Council: Know your human rights

And I thought of THIS:

In 1950's America, the equality of man envisioned by the Declaration of Independance was far from a reality. People of color, blacks, Hispanics, Orientals, were discriminated against in many ways, both overt and covert.

Martin Luther King, Jr., a Baptist minister, was a driving force in the push for racial equality in the 1950's and the 1960's.... They marched and protested non-violently, raising the ire of local officials who sicced water canon and police dogs on the marchers, whose ranks included teenagers and children.

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, he evoked the name of Lincoln in his "I Have A Dream" speech, which is credited with mobilizing supporters of desegregation and prompted the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The next year, King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segragation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.

In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true.

We dream like you too, sir. The dream of a Malaysia for Malaysians.

And it is truly amazing, that while your country has moved forward from the binds of racial supremacy and racial discrimination half a century ago, such sentiment is still very much alive over at my place called Bolehland.