[SOC] Revenge and Terrorism

[Mike Besemer (WM4B)]

Not to mention a president with the Nobel Peace Prize.

WM4B

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> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 1:10 PM
> To: Second Class Operators' Club
> Subject: Re: [SOC] Revenge and Terrorism
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> Charles Harpole wrote:
> > Revenge is a powerful and pervasive part of the American culture.  It
> has been ingrained in thousands of movies where
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> > the hero's wife is killed which, the movie teaches, gives license to
> the hero to do anything in revenge, even break the law.  In
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> > fact, often break the law.  Bush 2 said on camera in Air Force One
> just after the 9/11 attacks, "We'll get 'em" in direct application
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> >  of revenge (and as tho he had any idea of who "them" really were).
> Christianity speaks of a vengeful God admiringly.
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> > Revenge is an ulgy part of American culture and the primary factor
> for motivating soldiers and populations to do what their "better
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> > angels" would never do,  in the land of the free.
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> > 73,
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> > p.s.  When you folks get tired of my writing to you, say so and I
> will shut up here and talk to myself instead.
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> > Charles Harpole, Ph. D. in cinema studies... a great way to see the
> myths of America.
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> > k4vud at hotmail.com
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> Well, with the bleeding heart liberals in power now, instead of
> revenge,
> or even justice, we will have appeasement and apologies.
> 
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