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Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Allegory, not analogy.
Allegory, not analogy.
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yeah...that's what I meant.
Fixed"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003 -
In terms of the action, it was pretty accurate.Originally posted by PLATO
What was the movie's name for this battle?
I remember seeing it again not to long ago and my memory of the movie is startlingly like this description. Could it be that the movie was actually historically accurate?
An old school-friend of mine was the great-great-grandson (direct male descent) of one of the Rorke's Drift VC recipients- Private Hitch.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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Surprised no-one has mentioned Attila the Hun and Ildico.
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No one listens to mid 90s' Hungarian goth-disco crossover ?Originally posted by Agathon
Surprised no-one has mentioned Attila the Hun and Ildico.
Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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The french/British Rearguard at Dunkirk saved the day for the BEF, as did the 2000 men sent to Calais to delay the inevetibleSpace is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
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Except for my grandpa, who had his ass hauled off to Stalag Luft III.Originally posted by TheStinger
The french/British Rearguard at Dunkirk saved the day for the BEF
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Should I ask what his relationship was to the equine quadruped ?Originally posted by Agathon
Except for my grandpa, who had his ass hauled off to Stalag Luft III.
(shame)Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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None. He knew those guys to talk to IIRC, and Bader, who was in the camp for a while.Originally posted by molly bloom
Should I ask what his relationship was to the equine quadruped ?
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He wasn't an officer. Apparently, they were regarded as a pain in the arse by the enlisted men for trying to get people to escape all the time.
My grandad did manage to get a job in the cookhouse though, so he was better off than most of the prisoners.Only feebs vote.Comment
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