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by Anonymous on March 27th, 2007

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In the book the letter from birmingham jail ,martin luther king jr. includes hitler in his argument but why?

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  • by nevets - badgicide on March 27th, 2007

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    # http://www.nobelprizes.com/nobel/peace/MLK-jail.html

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    We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany. Even so, I am sure that, had I lived in Germany at the time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers. If today I lived in a Communist country where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I would openly advocate disobeying that country's antireligious laws.

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    I think Martin Luther King Jr. was underlining the point that sometimes man-made laws are immoral and should not be followed.

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