Martin Luther King was a man who connected to the people in the most effective ways possible. The best way to get his messages across was to either demonstrate by doing or by speaking. However, there were times when Dr. King could not speak to the public or lead peaceful marches. One occassion was when he was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama. But, never resting for a moment, King took the opportunity to remain in action by responding to a letter sent to him from some Alabama clergymen. They stated that King's actions were "unwise and untimely" and questioned his coming to Birmingham. In response, King told them that he had come to Birmingham because of the injustice that was taking place in the city. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," King wrote. He feared that what was happening in Birmingham would spread to other places. This applies on the world scale because once something starts, like injustice, it will soon spread to places that it comes into contact with. King did not want to see other places in the world experience what was going on in the Deep South. He hoped that his message would reach people in all the corners of the earth, and that when he was done, justice would be served to all.