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Posted on 07/03/2002 9:14:32 AM PDT by Benrand
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To: Salgak
How many Irish massacres can you recall ? is this a freakin joke?? crack a book, pal.
To: Benson_Carter
That's my point. I don't recall the details of any, although I'm sure that, given access to a book on Irish history, especially on "the Troubles", I'd find it easily.
But then, why would I be interested ? I'm a American, and if interested in ANYONE else's history, it'd be the Scots and the Germans, as I have both in my ancestry. . .
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posted on
07/03/2002 11:53:17 AM PDT
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Salgak
To: LisaFab
Pearl Harbor and the Alamo, yes. The Maine ? I doubt it. . .the only really enduring memory of THAT war was Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. . .
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posted on
07/03/2002 11:55:04 AM PDT
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Salgak
To: BUSHdude2000
He may have seen it as an "East Coast thing" but those were transcontinental flights.
His neighbor could have been on that plane. Brings it all home.
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posted on
07/03/2002 12:02:28 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: Salgak
True, but I was referring more to the slogan than the actual ship.
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posted on
07/03/2002 12:07:01 PM PDT
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LisaFab
To: Salgak
I still run across "Remember the Maine" buttons at antique malls and flea markets.
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posted on
07/03/2002 12:07:31 PM PDT
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weegee
To: Benrand
I think his words are being taken out of context. I think what he meant was that the memory of September 11th won't discourage the making of films with terrorism as part of the story line, forever. (which by the way I agree with)
I don't think there was any insult here. I've never heard him state a political position and in my mind I still haven't, so I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
If we all start demanding apologies for even the tiniest comment taken out of place, we begin to sound a lot like the far left every time a someone needs political correction.
there are more than enough real insults, without us imagining any more.
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posted on
07/03/2002 12:12:44 PM PDT
by
tcostell
To: Benrand
Not too long ago, Brosnan was nearly beside himself with grief and worry, after his child was involved in an auto accident. I think the kid pulled through, but it would have been nice if Brosnan, after what he himself had just been through, could have shown a little sensitivity to the victims' families and "kept his yap shut."
To: Deb
As Bugs would say, "what a maroon."
To: Benrand
He's making a bitter observation about human nature...I don't see any sort of political agenda. We always forget...I see retired folks moaning about the stock market's decline who also suffered through '87...
Brosnan has one of the most wasted careers I've seen for someone who could have been Cary Grant... dumb, forgettable and unimportant roles and not many of them at that. Probably rather lazy, or made enough money to suit himself.
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posted on
07/03/2002 12:17:51 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: Quilla
Not in my neck of the woods. We still have flags flying on homes and businesses, ribbons and magnetic flags on vehicles....Must be nice. You wouldn't want to visit the Socialist Republic of Washington. Thanks for letting me know there's still a real America out there somewhere.
To: Benrand
No need for hand-wringing here. He didn't say the memory SHOULD fade, merely that it will. Not "disappear", but fade. He's absolutely right. How anyone could find fault with his statement is beyond me.
To: BureaucratusMaximus
Never happen...the average American knows more about Britney Spears/Friends/Survivor/etc. then they do about American history. Pop culture, and what pop culture creates is more important. Being "cool" is more important then education, hard work, accomplishment,integrity, generousity, honesty and country. You can't expect a generation of kids and parents to give a $hit about anything else when they all have Me issuesCouldn't agree with you more.
To: truenospinzone
He said we need to forget because their is business to be done.
Read it again.
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posted on
07/05/2002 5:31:18 AM PDT
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Benrand
To: Benrand
I don't see how Brosman has said anything outrageous. He didn't say someting like he hated business in America, or how brave and smart the terrorists were. He just said the act will fade. And it already has, to a large extent. Events
always fade in people's minds, so the worse he did was make a trite statement.
To: William Terrell
"And September 11th will fade in people's minds because there is money to be made. It's about commerce."
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posted on
07/05/2002 5:47:42 AM PDT
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Benrand
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To: weegee
Some people were unaware when they went to see The Sum Of All Fears that the villians had been changed so as not to offend muslims. Suggestion for everyone who's ticked off about the changes made to Sum Of All Fears:
Rent the 1996 flick Executive Decision starring Kurt Russell, David Suchet and Halle Berry. This movie so closely parallels the events of 9-11, it's spooky. And, the bad guys are Islamic fanatics, the same as IRL. But in this movie, the good guys win.
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07/05/2002 5:57:02 AM PDT
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Alouette
To: Benrand
"And September 11th will fade in people's minds because there is money to be made. It's about commerce." I suspect that it's more about human nature.
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