Talk:James F. Blake

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[edit] Bash bash

He lived entirely too long.

That's a pretty terrible thing to say about anyone. -Silence 21:01, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

That's not very nice, but he was probably pretty disgraced by the 1970s when society in general looked down on his actions. Imagine forever being known as the guy who tried to make Rosa Parks stand.

66.75.49.213 04:56, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Parks voluntarily leaves?

One day in 1943, Parks boarded his bus and paid the fare. She then moved to her seat but Blake asked her to follow his rules and enter the bus again from the back door. Parks walked off but did not board again

Currently the implication is that Parks refused to take the bus ride she had already paid for.

However, one of the other sources for this article (The Gaurdian) implies Parks was left behind intentionally by Blake in an apparent petty action

Even in doing his "job", he was violating the responsible thing to do. "It is immoral not to break unjust laws."

I wouldn't say that he was wrong in not breaking the law - he was wrong in the way he enforced the optional rules.

He was wrong. He was a racist.

[edit] Parks wasn't "asked"!

Mr. Blake did not "ask" or "request" that Parks leave and reënter through the back, or that Parks and the others relinquish their seats. By all reliable accounts in specific and known historic attitudes in general, he *told* them; he *ordered* them. Verbs changed to reflect fact.