Oops! Better to read the article first. Mea Culpa. Although.

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Post #94,059 by mmoffitt 4/3/03 10:24:03 AM 4/3/03 10:31:06 AM Reply	Oops! Better to read the article first. Mea Culpa. Although. Didn't realize from your snippet we were talking about kids here. [Second Edit] Hearing that the old German tavern tune we use for a national anthem down here got boo'ed during the Habs/Islanders game makes me even more inclined to move north. bcnu, Mikem The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism. - Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism" Edited by mmoffitt April 3, 2003, 10:25:18 AM EST Edited by mmoffitt April 3, 2003, 10:31:06 AM EST Expand All History
Post #94,214 by Ashton 4/3/03 9:34:49 PM Reply	Nice sig. there.. Nothing like reminders from the past from a Real American, of what we'd already lost to the Yahoos.. even 19th century Yahoos. Oh Dad, we're ALL ~~Devo~~ Yahoos now! (Wonder how many HS grads have even heard of Jonathan Swift, let alone Gulliver's Travels. They must think that Yahoo.com came from some corruption of Yoo Hoo -?-) Sic transit Gloria Philadelphia
Post #94,368 by mmoffitt 4/4/03 12:22:56 PM Reply	Thanks. My 10 year old is reading Gulliver's Travels right now ;-) bcnu, Mikem The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism. - Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"
Post #94,439 by Ashton 4/4/03 7:09:07 PM Reply	Well.. as it was written for adults with a ton of tongue.. only partly in-cheek: you may have to explain a bit of the polit. history of Jolly Olde .. before s/he gets it. OTOH - how Could one explain all that to a 10 yo? Maybe just enjoy the imagery, for the first time around. Plenty of time to grok to fullness a few years down the pike. :-\ufffd
Post #94,441 by mmoffitt 4/4/03 7:11:08 PM Reply	The first time I read it, I was 10. She's going slow at it. But asking a ton of questions with each page ;-) bcnu, Mikem The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism. - Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"

good ol kanader - (boxley) - (8) - April 3, 2003, 09:57:41 AM EST

Yep, the fine sports tradition of - (jake123) - (2) - April 3, 2003, 10:03:27 AM EST

the crowds assaulting the bus is trash talking? -NT - (boxley) - (1) - April 3, 2003, 10:17:23 AM EST

What crowd assaulting the bus? - (jake123) - April 3, 2003, 10:23:44 AM EST

Oops! Better to read the article first. Mea Culpa. Although. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - April 3, 2003, 10:31:06 AM EST

Nice sig. there.. - (Ashton) - (3) - April 3, 2003, 09:34:49 PM EST

Thanks. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - April 4, 2003, 12:22:56 PM EST

Well.. as it was written for adults - (Ashton) - (1) - April 4, 2003, 07:09:07 PM EST

The first time I read it, I was 10. - (mmoffitt) - April 4, 2003, 07:11:08 PM EST

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