Originally Posted by
white_n_slow
See edit. I was just fucking around with it, but when you think about it, they had no problem killing him, but now he's the central element of western civilization. Non-violence wins

Yeah I got it, just had to clarify it wasn't my intended argument though.
I was going on the subjects given as example because Kings message grew by leaps and bounds after his death in ways it wouldn't have if he had lived. He would have been just another Jackson/Sharpton type and diluted himself in some way.