Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Real guys don't worry a whole lot about if they're real guys or n

From: Robert Elkin ( rictusaporia@yahoo.com)
Date: 28 Mar 2008


The criminality of such attitudes comes clearly across in (e.g.) portrayals of American Indians in media, pre-1968

----- Original Message ---- From: blumenidiot < blumenidiot@yahoo.com> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 5:59:26 PM Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Real guys don't worry a whole lot about if they're real guys or n

                --- In rara-avis-l@ yahoogroups. com, "jacquesdebierue"
<jacquesdebierue@ ...> wrote:
>
> --- In rara-avis-l@ yahoogroups. com, "Mark R. Harris"
> <brokerharris@ > wrote:
> >
> > I agree with Kevin completely, especially about that "greatest
> generation"
> > nonsense. The "greatest generation" was mainly a bunch of 18 to 25
> year olds
> > just like any other 18 to 25 year olds; they were called on to do
some
> > things and they acquitted themselves reasonably under the
> circumstances, by
> > and large. That's fine but it's not some never-to-be- repeated
greatness.
> >
>
> From witnesses: for many of that generation, the war was the most
fun
> thing they did, despite the factual horror of it, which people will
> readily acknowledge. It is understandable: you get a special sense
of
> companionship, of fraternity, even of community. Maybe something
that
> a lot of people, especially men, lack in their normal lives. I would
> not doubt the sincerity of the sentiment or belittle the sentiment
> itself. Of course, nostalgia (always a bad sign) has created myths
out
> of something undeniably real. And the movies tend to feed on
nostalgia.
>
> Best,
>
> mrt

I'm not sure of the exact wording, but, 'when legend conflicts with fact, print the legend' For those of you unlucky enough to never have seen it, that's from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. Though it's a western it deals with some of the themes we discuss here. Mark
>

    
                                  
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