[nortiero]

It is not a counterpoint, just a way to show the limits of an overblown analogy. You should appreciate the moral difference between Parks' and Gandhi's deliberate approach and the entitled arrogance of those two gentlemen, whose actions would be of no relevance if not for their skin color. Strange times. But but! If I'm wrong and the guys were acting a protest against overpriced dairy product shady dealers -- then they will have all the support that my limited means offer and unlimited appreciation.

edit: gratitude, not appreciation, silly me.

[mygo]

She didn’t get on the bus that day going “I am going to deliberately bring attention to this country’s domestic problem today”. She just did not feel like getting up and surrendering her seat.

what happened afterwards is what made it a historic act. Before the year-long bus boycotts began, she was just some black lady who got arrested for disobeying the law.