"Ubiquitous" <weberm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> capt_malachias@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>"Ubiquitous" <weberm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> capt_malachias@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>"Ubiquitous" <weberm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>> noemailformethanks@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>>>>>Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>>>>> noemailformethanks@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>>>>>>>HWayne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>>>I never quite understood this. Who in their right minds would
get
>>>>>>>>>>their views on life from a *movie*?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Ask those who watched "Fahrenheit 9-11"...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Or "Red Dawn."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Umm, yeah, Try again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>So you agree then? Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Umm, do try and catch up with the rest of us on the right-hand side
of
>>>>> the bell-curve, mmkay?
>>>>
>>>>You mean the right hand side of the wingnut basket, right?
>>>
>>> No, just those who think "Red Dawn" is an intelligent retort to my
>>> brilliant observation.
>>
>>Actually, that mention was pretty damned funny. Obviously, you are
>>forgetting the rampant Reagan-era panicmongering over the Soviets.
>
> Is that what you're calling it now?
Every era has its big bad guys that the plebs are supposed to fear. Back
in
Reagan's day, it was the Soviets. Red Dawn was a movie that played into
that mentality. It would not sell today. You would have to change the
Soviet takeover of America to an fundamentalist Islamic takeover for that
to
work.
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^v^v^Malachias Invictus^v^v^
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishment the scroll,
I am the Master of my fate:
I am the Captain of my soul.
from _Invictus_, by William Ernest Henley
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