To: TonyRo76
"Jones famously said: "Surrender - I have not yet begun to fight." " uh nope. He was told to strike or he'll sink and his reply was "I'll sink but I'll be damned if I'll strike" which was deemed bad language, so the line sas sanitized for public consumption. (From the Museum of Our National Heritgage, Lexington, MA)
7 posted on
06/22/2006 6:49:15 AM PDT by
camle
(Keep your mind open and somebody will fill if full of something for you.)
To: camle
strike as in strike your colors - lower your flag, surrender.
9 posted on
06/22/2006 6:50:26 AM PDT by
camle
(Keep your mind open and somebody will fill if full of something for you.)
To: camle
Thanks for that bit of arcane (but important) info...I did not know that.
16 posted on
06/22/2006 6:57:03 AM PDT by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must)
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