The Second Coming of Mr. T
Haven’t posted anything in the “human inspiration” category for quite a while, and while reading this I thought:
Who can resist a good human interest story about Mr. T?
[Empirically, not law students studying for finals!]
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[Mr. T] was so moved by what happened in New Orleans that it convinced him to give up his trademark gold chains.
He said: “I watched my people, the black people, screaming, begging and crying just for water.
“They didn’t want diamond rings or new houses, they just wanted water, and they couldn’t get any.
“I knew that soon I would be going around visiting these people in homeless shelters and it would be a sin against God and a sin against humanity to go around there wearing a million-dollars worth of gold chains, rings and diamonds.
“It would be wrong for me to say ‘it’s going to be alright buddy’ and then go about my business. That would be a lie.
“People need to see that Mr T has a heart of gold, not just the gold that drips around my neck.
“That’s my wardrobe, my uniform, but I will never wear it again.”
Mr. T no longer wearing gold chains? Just another tragedy in the fallout from Katrina..
Comment by Ivan Ludmer — December 10, 2005 @ 1:04 pm