To: Bratch; wku man; NFHale; DuncanWaring; Marcella; Windflier; AllAmericanGirl44; bobby.223; raybbr; ..
As someone said it's a TV show! Do you think anyone could really do everything done on '24' in 24 hours.
The thing that troubles me on this thread is Freepers calling Honor, God, Country 'cheesy'.
Well for me if Honor, God, Country is 'cheesy' then I think this country isn't eating enough cheese!
Maybe if we had a little more Honor, God, Country we wouldn't be in the shape we are in.
Now I am sure I went and hurt someone's feelings on the thread, but guess what the old saw is true 'Sometimes the truth hurts'!
Most likely a mistake, but maybe if we thought a bit more like this we would all be better people and better Americans:
Hub McCann: "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love... true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in."Secondhand Lions (2003)
29 posted on
08/25/2014 9:41:04 AM PDT by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
The thing that troubles me on this thread is Freepers calling Honor, God, Country 'cheesy'.They're not. Re-read the original post. There is a period between the two comments, not a comma. The show is cheesy, but the Honor, God, Country portrayal is not.
37 posted on
08/25/2014 9:51:15 AM PDT by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: Kartographer; IYAS9YAS
The thing that troubles me on this thread is Freepers calling Honor, God, Country 'cheesy'.Only the Hollyweird version
40 posted on
08/25/2014 9:53:50 AM PDT by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Kartographer
The thing that troubles me on this thread is Freepers calling Honor, God, Country 'cheesy'.
Well for me if Honor, God, Country is 'cheesy' then I think this country isn't eating enough cheese!
Now I am sure I went and hurt someone's feelings on the thread, but guess what the old saw is true 'Sometimes the truth hurts'!
But the truth is, and sorry if this hurts, the show itself is very "cheesy". To say this, does not mean that there is anything less than noble about "Honor, God, Country". It simply means that the show is contrived, poorly executed, trite, predictable, and lacking any real tension. It is, for lack of a better phrase, "very cheesy".
One's belief in the values portrayed in the show need not be so tenuous that it requires one to disable any sense of quality. Personally, while I agree wholeheartedly that the country is in dire need of these values, I think these values, by their very nature, prevail over time (although not necessarily on a timescale we approve of), and we don't need to pretend that a bad show is actually "good" in order to help those values take root.
It is great to see the US Navy portrayed positively, and for the show to serve as homage to the values that used to be commonplace, it doesn't negate the fact that the show itself, is an awful pile of dreck.
42 posted on
08/25/2014 9:58:15 AM PDT by
jjsheridan5
(Remember Mississippi -- leave the GOP plantation)
To: Kartographer
A very strong Ditto THAT!
Cheesy my Buttola!
44 posted on
08/25/2014 10:01:39 AM PDT by
Chgogal
(Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
To: Kartographer
Relax. We all get it.
I am sure in the episodes next year they will move on to hating America.
51 posted on
08/25/2014 10:32:08 AM PDT by
Vermont Lt
(Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
To: Kartographer; ChocChipCookie; Marcella; Bride Of Old Sarge; WakeUpAndVote; GeronL; yorkiemom; ...
LOVE that movie!
The Bride and I promised each other we’d be Hub and Garth on the porch someday...
63 posted on
08/25/2014 5:04:07 PM PDT by
Old Sarge
(TINVOWOOT: There Is No Voting Our Way Out Of This)
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