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madokie

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6. This man is living proof that love conquers all

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Thu Aug 7, 2014, 04:26 AM

Aug 2014

"I marched with Dr. King," Takei says, "and his words resonate here: 'We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.'"

What a wonderful way for me to start my day, reading this and listening to the words of a good man

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Watch George Takei visit Hiroshima, where a US atomic bomb killed his grandmother and aunt [View all] octoberlib Aug 2014 OP

I waited all evening for something of this nature to appear today... countryjake Aug 2014 #1

I knew about his time in the internment camps... yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #2

Wow, his family got the worst of both locations, not to mention merrily Aug 2014 #3

This is new information to me, I didn't know about his grandmother and aunt. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #4

It also killed 12 or more U.S. POWs: Hissyspit Aug 2014 #5

Hissy, that link only takes me to The Nation... countryjake Aug 2014 #7

Wow. Thanks for posting. octoberlib Aug 2014 #8

This man is living proof that love conquers all madokie Aug 2014 #6