Barbara L
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We watched "Schindler's List" last night. I had never seen it before. Very moving.
i watched "the right stuff" this morning.
great flick.
Waiting for my Breaking Dawn Part 2 DVD to come in, then I'm going to have a Twilight marathon. Wonder if anyone has ever seen "Young Doctors in Love"?
YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE????
I LOVE that movie. L O V E
"What's wrong with this guy?"
"We won't know till after the autopsy."
"Wha???"
Barbara L said:We watched "Schindler's List" last night. I had never seen it before. Very moving.
A great movie but I can't wrap my head around the cruelty and total disregard for human compassion and decency of the nazis .
Pure evil incarnate.
It's important to remember that "the holocaust" is but one in a long line seen throughout history.
The crusades, the Salem witch trials, the crimes against humanity of pol pot, Idi Amin, Uganda, Rwanda, the Spanish inquisition etc. and presently the islamofascist (never to be confused with Muslim) holocauast against "the infidel).
There are so many that it boggles my mind and I'm sure that I've left out so many.
Sorry to be so maudlin.
Nobody ever mentions the way we pushed the Native Americans out of our way
Yes, another story.
The last seen in Apocalypto comes to mind.
You're right, Pac. Enjoyed that movie, really bloody!
There is also a book, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee. Haven't read it, but I should.
pacanis said:Nobody ever mentions the way we pushed the Native Americans out of our way
That didn't come immediately to mind but I thought of it after my post.
You're absolutely right. The indigenous peoples of the Americas were subjected to a holocaust perpetrated by Europeans from the southern tip of Chile to the arctic circle.
As far as our internment camps during WWII go.... Although the treatment of those prisoners and the confiscation of their property was a travesty they were not slaughtered. Not a holocaust IMO.
It's important to note that many immigrant and native males of fighting age volunteered to serve in our military prove their love of and loyalty to their adopted/native country. They served with honor and distinction and many of them never saw the US again.
The Navajo code talkers very likely saved us from defeat.
Official Site of the Navajo Code Talkers
It wasn't much of a secret before the movie. I knew about them for years through high school history classes and other sources since. I love the movie and am glad it showed more people what a great contribution the code talkers made.When I worked for Wyeth Pharaceutical we had a woman who was a Navejo. I mentioned the Code Talkers to her. She told me that growing up on the reservation, she never heard of them until the movie came out. She asked her uncle about it. She knew he served in the PTO. He was surprised that she knew. They kept the secret until the movie was released. Even then, he was reluctant to talk to her about it. She hounded him until he opened up with her. It definitely gave her a sense of pride. She saw the movie more than once.