Donny's Dilemma wrote:

Hell I know Yanks speak a different version of English, but this
piece, though it may be true in every word (but I doubt it)
Is garbage, emotive garbage!!
In my very humble opinion!

It certainly had a touch of tear-jerker in it. Reading it made me feel that
the underlying message was that war really sucks. Then I got to...

-----------------------------------
We need to remember that God created this vast and glorious world for us to
live in, freely, but also at great sacrifice. Let us never forget from the
revolutionary War to the Gulf War and all the wars in-between that sacrifice
was made for our freedom.

Remember to pray praises for this great country of ours and also pray for
those still in murderous unrest around the world. STOP and thank God for
being alive at someone else's sacrifice. God Bless.
-----------------------------------

....and got the impression that it's about one country's freedom, regardless
of the expense, either to its own, or to anyone that gets in the way. Yes,
it's an appeal to emotion which seeks to instill patriotic feelings.
Moreover, by highlighting the fact that several thousand boys were
sacrificed in that battle, it sets a benchmark of implied expectation of the
sort of sacrifice that others might be expected to endure.


(Oops! I don't do politics!)


--
Wally
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk
Latest work: The Langlois Bridge (after Van Gogh)

Keep back-peddling, ozzy, you're almost to NZ.

SV

Donny's Dilemma wrote in message
...

Would someone else please read this

http://usssamuelgompers.org/Saltysea.htm

and tell me if I'm wrong when I say it's

"Oh and that story was well written, the words and phrases were
straight out of the best tear jerker 'we died young and brave '
stories."

AND

"Damn, and he did it all in a monologue with flags waving in the
background."

AND

"What I was refering to that brought about your inane rant was that
the
story as told appeared a little embelished to achieve a particular
aim."

AND

"Sure did sound like one, a tear jerker."
"You didn't see that when you read it?
Hell I could 'hear' the voice. That guy that does all the Civil War
docos."


Hell I know Yanks speak a different version of English, but this
piece, though it may be true in every word (but I doubt it)
Is garbage, emotive garbage!!
In my very humble opinion!


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

Have fun, I've got a plane to catch, drinks to drink and similar RL
activities to do. Was on the water at 0700 his morning for a while
before I dragged myself to the office, tidying up loose ends & setting
my office phone to fwd calls to my mobile - which I'll probably switch
off. Back here in time to celebrate the Hobart end of the race while
all the people in the Northern Hemisphere freeze.

I was going to look at a yawl for sale in Sydney but have been spared -
someone else has bought it already. A few trips out & about on
Pit****er are a 'must-do', tho.

If I get really bored I may check in but otherwise, Merry Christmas to
all of you people, including you brainwashed people of the USA where
you're not allowed to say anything but 'Happy Holidays' these days.
God, that's hysterical. the real worry is that it's happening here,
too!

Later. I have a life, boat(s) to play on and Christmas drinking to do
while I catch up with absent RL friends. My hotmail account is
currently defunct so send any abuse to my real addy. It's not that hard
to find.

Peter Wiley

In article , Donny's
Dilemma wrote:

Back pedalling?
Bwaaahahahahahahahahaaa!
It was a piece of schmarmy crap Scootz,
flag waving, muted bugleplaying, sun setting in the background
garbage!

I'd use both barrels but I need one for that idiot Joe..

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 00:06:12 -0500, "Scott Vernon"
wrote:

Keep back-peddling, ozzy, you're almost to NZ.

SV

Donny's Dilemma wrote in message
.. .

Would someone else please read this

http://usssamuelgompers.org/Saltysea.htm

and tell me if I'm wrong when I say it's

"Oh and that story was well written, the words and phrases were
straight out of the best tear jerker 'we died young and brave '
stories."

AND

"Damn, and he did it all in a monologue with flags waving in the
background."

AND

"What I was refering to that brought about your inane rant was that
the
story as told appeared a little embelished to achieve a particular
aim."

AND

"Sure did sound like one, a tear jerker."
"You didn't see that when you read it?
Hell I could 'hear' the voice. That guy that does all the Civil War
docos."


Hell I know Yanks speak a different version of English, but this
piece, though it may be true in every word (but I doubt it)
Is garbage, emotive garbage!!
In my very humble opinion!


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.





Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

Ahhhhhhhhh...........don't ya just love it?

Donny's Enemma wrote
flag waving, muted bugleplaying, sun setting in the background

Have a good trip Petey. We're not brainwashed, just superior.

Scotty......remember the reason for the season.


"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
. ..

Have fun, I've got a plane to catch, drinks to drink and similar RL
activities to do. Was on the water at 0700 his morning for a while
before I dragged myself to the office, tidying up loose ends & setting
my office phone to fwd calls to my mobile - which I'll probably switch
off. Back here in time to celebrate the Hobart end of the race while
all the people in the Northern Hemisphere freeze.

I was going to look at a yawl for sale in Sydney but have been spared -
someone else has bought it already. A few trips out & about on
Pit****er are a 'must-do', tho.

If I get really bored I may check in but otherwise, Merry Christmas to
all of you people, including you brainwashed people of the USA where
you're not allowed to say anything but 'Happy Holidays' these days.
God, that's hysterical. the real worry is that it's happening here,
too!

Later. I have a life, boat(s) to play on and Christmas drinking to do
while I catch up with absent RL friends. My hotmail account is
currently defunct so send any abuse to my real addy. It's not that hard
to find.

Peter Wiley

In article , Donny's
Dilemma wrote:

Back pedalling?
Bwaaahahahahahahahahaaa!
It was a piece of schmarmy crap Scootz,
flag waving, muted bugleplaying, sun setting in the background
garbage!

I'd use both barrels but I need one for that idiot Joe..

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 00:06:12 -0500, "Scott Vernon"
wrote:

Keep back-peddling, ozzy, you're almost to NZ.

SV

Donny's Dilemma wrote in message
.. .

Would someone else please read this

http://usssamuelgompers.org/Saltysea.htm

and tell me if I'm wrong when I say it's

"Oh and that story was well written, the words and phrases were
straight out of the best tear jerker 'we died young and brave '
stories."

AND

"Damn, and he did it all in a monologue with flags waving in the
background."

AND

"What I was refering to that brought about your inane rant was that
the
story as told appeared a little embelished to achieve a particular
aim."

AND

"Sure did sound like one, a tear jerker."
"You didn't see that when you read it?
Hell I could 'hear' the voice. That guy that does all the Civil War
docos."


Hell I know Yanks speak a different version of English, but this
piece, though it may be true in every word (but I doubt it)
Is garbage, emotive garbage!!
In my very humble opinion!


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.





Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

Donny's Dilemma wrote:

Yep, you got it, patriotic schmaltz riddled with cliche.

Almost vomit-inducing. Wearing a ring like a necklace must restrict the air
supply. (Damn, that was almost politics again...)


You're an artist?

A slapper of paint. :-) Took it up as a hobby about four years ago.


A good friend of mine is Mike Parr
http://www.shermangalleries.com.au/a...ists/parr.html

Fortunately he's no longer doing the performance stuff and has
returned to mainly drawing.

I'm not familiar with him - my interest in other artists thus far has been
various masters from the Rennaissance to Dali, wth a focus on the second
half of the 19th century. I knew little about the last few centries' art
history when I got started, so I had a voracious appetite for books. I'll
have a look around the site.


--
Wally
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk
Latest work: The Langlois Bridge (after Van Gogh)

Donny's Dilemma wrote:

A good friend of mine is Mike Parr
http://www.shermangalleries.com.au/a...ists/parr.html

Fortunately he's no longer doing the performance stuff and has
returned to mainly drawing.

Just been reading about his Malevich performance - it reminds me of David
Blaine's recent thing in London, but I think Parr nailing his arm to the
wall is a touch of class that Blaine's interpretation didn't approach.
Blaine was cooped up in a clear plastic box suspended from a crane over the
banks of the Thames for 40-odd days, no food, just water, with crowds of
gawkers in-situ on the street (hurling a combination of insults,
encouragement, burgers and golf balls).


--
Wally
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk
Latest work: The Langlois Bridge (after Van Gogh)

Donny's Dilemma wrote:

Like I said, thankfully he's gone back to drawing.
Always worried me when he talked about the arm nailing thing...he only
has one :-)

Oh, right, I thought he had his jacket draped over his opposite shoulder as
a sort of semi-feotal curl-up-to-sleep gesture. Aye, best stick with the
drawing... :-)


--
Wally
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk
Latest work: The Langlois Bridge (after Van Gogh)

so, you admit you're gay.


"Wally" wrote


You're an artist?

A slapper of paint. :-) Took it up as a hobby about four years ago.

Peter,

And a Merry Christwas to you also, you
Master- Baiter.

I'm sure OZ, the Head Master-baiter will hold up your end while your
gone

Ole Thom