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Former Alcatraz inmate dies
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| 9/27/06
Posted on 09/27/2006 11:57:50 AM PDT by Borges
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posted on
09/27/2006 11:57:52 AM PDT
by
Borges
To: Borges
And this is news because....???
To: Borges
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:00:24 PM PDT
by
PeterFinn
(Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.)
To: Borges
"A number of people would say a criminal's life should not be glamorized in print ... and maybe this is true but my uncle is a part of history that needed to be recorded," Terry said. "The mere fact he did all those years of incarceration in the worst prisons of the era and mingled with gangsters who became his friends, was released after paying his debt to society, married and became an upstanding citizen of the community in itself is remarkable."
"Remarkable" only if you learn from the experience. Glamorizing gangsters (whether from the 1930s or in the modern era, like the Sopranos) and crime is not honorable.
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:00:39 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
To: jackibutterfly
Because AP said it was.
It is a matter of unique historical interest in this particular branch of American legend.
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:01:17 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: jackibutterfly
And this is news because....??? it has interesting characters and an iconoclastic location -- how is Pelosi talking bad about a Republican congress news?
To: jackibutterfly
And this is news because....???And you read this article, then posted to this thread because...
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:04:50 PM PDT
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(Karen Ryan reporting...)
To: weegee
America is the only country that glamorizes their outlaws and criminals. But, many of our outlaws were folk heros during the frontier era and during the depression.
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:10:09 PM PDT
by
Concho
(IRS--Americas real terrorist organization.)
To: Concho
"America is the only country that glamorizes their outlaws and criminals."
Two words: Robin Hood
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:11:52 PM PDT
by
toddlintown
(Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: toddlintown
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:13:06 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Concho
"America is the only country that glamorizes their outlaws and criminals."
Don't know if this is entirely accurate. India, China and Russia come to mind.
The Japanese ronin were considered "mischievous" and hooligans, but in many Japanese 'westerns' were in fact glamorized.
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:13:57 PM PDT
by
Al Gator
(Refusing to "stoop to your enemy's level", gets you cut off at the knees.)
To: Concho
Italy had a whole sub-genre of crime films and Japan and Hong Kong films have also glorified organized crime since the 1960s.
As to real crime, the Krays were celebrity gangsters in England, Ronnie Biggs was the last train robber, but I don't know if there are other "famous" criminals (especially murderers but also robbers) in other countries. And infamous is famous if there are fan cults centered around the criminals.
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:16:06 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
To: jackibutterfly
Prayers for him and his. May he rest in peace. He has long since been square with the house.
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:17:08 PM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: Al Gator
"America is the only country that glamorizes their outlaws and criminals."
"Don't know if this is entirely accurate. India, China and Russia come to mind."
C'mon. Admit it. It's a too broad and stupid comment.
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:18:36 PM PDT
by
toddlintown
(Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: jackibutterfly
And you are a hit and run poster, because?
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:19:55 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(The old/liberal/socialist media is the most ruthless and destructive enemy of this country.)
To: toddlintown
"America is the only country that glamorizes their outlaws and criminals."
???? Ever watch "Das Will"?
To: Bringbackthedraft
Uh, I didn't make that statement. I quoted it from another poster.
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:24:35 PM PDT
by
toddlintown
(Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: jackibutterfly
And this is news because.... It's news because it's news, that's why.
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:24:49 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers.)
To: jackibutterfly
And this is news because.... It's news because it's news, that's why.
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:24:50 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers.)
To: Borges
May he rest in peace.
I would love to visit Alcatraz one day. Lots of history for such a tiny island.
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posted on
09/27/2006 12:26:25 PM PDT
by
flutters
(God Bless The USA)
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