"It would be easy to ascribe it to the wickedness of the persecutors, but that does not fit all the facts... For it may be that, unwittingly, they are inviting persecution - that they have been partly responsible fort the antagonism from which they suffer."
I went to Brisbane the other day and saw the following sight - someone had filled the fountain with shampoo.
This got me thinking about pranks and pranking. They can go from the base and unsophisticated nature of the whoopee cushion or custard pie in the face, to the intellegent work of other famous pranksters such as Banksy and Ron English.
A good or a bad thing in our society? Essentially pranks work by putting things in a state that they were not intended. Naturally this will effect people in certain situations in a negative way.
However, I would have to ultimately submit my support for the process of pranking. The joy they bring to observers, the break in the everyday and the mediocre they provide and the potential to create personal change, through challenging views, or at least routines, would well outweigh the inconvenience they may cause, in a majority of cases.
Martin Luther King had a dream, yes we all know. And everyone, from every side of the political spectrum rush praise him. Good ol’ George Dubya himself has been quoted as saying
“Honoring Doctor King's legacy requires more than building a monument, it requires the ongoing commitment of every American… So we will continue to work for the day when the dignity and humanity of every person is respected and the American promise is denied to no one.”
So everybody loves King. However, did King love everyone