My updated and upgraded "I have a dream speech"

Satu Malaysia.

apa kabar, ni hao ma,vanakkam

good day Mr. Deepak, and my collegues

my name is deola D'brown Folarin

I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King

August 28th 1963

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity.

But one century later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.

One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.

Ten decades later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition.

In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men ( yes black men, white men, asian men, hispanic and all sorts ) would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

it is obvious and clear that amidst all these chants and cries for liberation from racism, there is no emancipation from these chains of bondage, where a Negro is still visibly fighting the epidermic of discrimination and segregation.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note in so far as her citizens of colour are concerned. Instead of honouring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquillising drug of gradualism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick-sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells, tortured injustly by white police, who are more evil than the devil. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Africa, go back to Malaysia, go back to India, go back to China, go back to the slums and ghettos of our Global cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, mr. Deepak and my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, 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 one day on the green hills of Malaysia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the states of the middle east, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

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

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day the state of disputes, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to Africa. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, face elections together, vote together and  to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if nation is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Malaysia. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of india. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of china! An the multifaceted lan of Africa.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Australia!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of Tanzania!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Iran!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Afghanistan!

Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of nigeria. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

I have a Dream

I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King
August 28th 1963

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity.

But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.

One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition.
In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of colour are concerned. Instead of honouring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquillising drug of gradualism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick-sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquillity in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. 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. The marvellous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. 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 am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, 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 one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

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

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

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Simple as A B C

                                 THIS ISSUE IS AS SIMPLE AS ABC

 SEX IS A THING OF JOY THAT EVERYONE ENJOYS AND SOME GET ADDICTED TO IT< BUT BEWARE IT HAS CONSEQUENCES

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

WHAT IS HIV?

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is one of the most serious, deadly diseases in human history.

HIV causes a condition called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — better known as AIDS.

 A very dangerous virus that attacks the white blood cells of the body which are the body immune (defense) system. They ultimately fight off anti bodies which could cause sickness, but with HIV present in the body this process cannot occur.

If you are HIV positive be positive about it cause it will only kill you if you dont speak up and get help.

 The red ribbon is a universal sign of the Fight against HIV and AIDS

HIV destroys a type of defense cell in the body called a CD4 helper

lymphocyte (pronounced: lim-fuh-site).

These lymphocytes are part of the body's immune system, the defense system that fights infections.

AIDS – ACQUIRED IMMUNO DEFICIENCY SYNDROME

HOW IS IT CONTRACTED?

HIV can be transmitted from an infected person to another person through blood, semen (also known as "cum," the fluid released from the penis when a male ejaculates), vaginal fluids, and breast milk.

-Unsterilised needles and metal objects

-Blood transfusion

-Kissing

-Unprotected oral, vaginal or anal sex

-Mother to child during birth

TREATMENT

*ANTIRETROVIRAL ( ARV )

*HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

*LOTS OF FRUITS, EXCERCISE

AND WATER

HOW TO PREVENT HIV:

A- Abstinence from sex

B- Be faithful to spouse

C- condoms usage

                        BE POSITIVE EVEN IF YOU ARE HIV POSITIVE

RANKS MODEL OF PERSUASION

Persuaders can choose from 4 strategies of action: 

1. Intensify their own good points.

2. intensify the weak points of their opposition.

3. Downplay their own weak points.

4. Downplay the good points of the opposition.

TACTICS FOR INTENSIFYING PERSUADERS ARGUMENT:

- Repetition: Continuously repeats or highlights the strengths of the persuader.

- Composition: indicates the proper composition of the speech or package of the persuader.

- Association: persuader associates with something or someone of strong reputation.

TACTICS FOR DOWNPLAYING PERSUADERS ARGUMENT:

- Omission: omits errors of the persuader.

- Diversion: creates diversion to distract focus on weak points.

- Confusion: creates confusion in the midst of crisis. e.g when Malaysian PM was asked why does he keep building more brides , he replied saying he might as well build more rivers. :D 

METHOD OF SELF PROTECTION: Protecting self 

Commercial view and comparison to closest competitor.

Volkswagen Touareg commercial

In direct comparison to its closes rival the AUDI SUV.

-VW intensifies their strength as a powerful vehicle by repeatedly showing the SUV pulling a Boeing 747 the shot repetition highlighting its strength.

-VW associates it engine strength with that of the aircraft.

-They downplay the vehicle strength of their opposition by omitting their features from the commercial.

-They also divert our attention from other vehicles entirely

GENDER INEQUALITY

Gender Inequality is the differential or preferential based on gender being male or female.

In todays society we have strong questions that need resolution.

1. what gender inequalities still exist today? 


  The issue of salary cap, which illustrates women get paid less for equal jobs done by men, also the social and business discrimination of the female gender shows that women are taken less seriously in school and in the social enviroment as a result of being viewed as the weaker gender.

However, even women contribute to this effect as they prefer male professionals in some areas of specialty to female professionals. For example, most women will prefer to see a male gynaecologist even during child birth and for other crucial matters, this does not help the gender equality.

Other issues like glass ceiling and glass escalator highlights gender inequality.


2. What is glass ceiling and how can individuals breakthrough the glass ceiling?


Glass ceiling is an invisible barrier that deters or prevents women from moving higher in an office or position.

To breakthrough, women must continue to strive and persist to fight and stop the discrimination firstly among themselves then they consistently pursue higher positions.

3. Are there other types of glass ceilings that are faced by those other than women? 


There are other forms of glass ceilings but are not necesserily barriers, there are Glass Escalators which is the counterpart of glass ceilling, it allows and encourages men to move up to higher positions or hold better office than women.

CONCLUSION:  The struggle of gender inequality even though has diminished in recent years still exist and must be fought to the last, as we are all humans and should share and benefit equally.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY NEW BLOG :D

Its a new year, with new desires, aspirations, goals, resolutions and most importantly new blogs. After going through a rather boring festive season and slow start to the new year, i look to my blog to pour out my stress and trust  Mr. Deepak Menon to add more trouble to my already hectic lifestyle.

However, I only feel the pain at the moment but appreciate every moment of the the journey because i will look back at all this and be thankful. Hopefully this year will be better than the last, and will be the best i have ever had so far.

I am watching with my two eyes. I can see you.