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Subject: 
Re: Not Saving Private Ryan.
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Date: 
Sat, 29 May 2004 16:13:38 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:

  
   D-Day is all of 20 minutes of the film.

The film is longer than 20 minutes.

Your command of the obvious is impressive.

   Even so, were the pathfinders on all the beaches not Brits?

What the heck is your point? You really will argue about anything!

   Also, in WW2, what would the chances of a black guy (Diesel) being in a frontline squad be?

Again, it is a movie, not a documentary.

   Were non-whites not relegated to logistics (as they could not be trusted to fight by those who knew best)?

Again, what the heck is your point? (that is a rhetorical question because I have no interest in persuing any more tangential discussions with you)

   Either way SPR is not the history lesson some would suggest.

Thank you for all of that straw man blather. Now, who suggested that SPR was a history lesson? All I ever suggested was that the opening scene (at Omaha beach) gave a chilling and sobering account of the sacrifices that were made on my behalf. That’s all. And from what I have heard from accounts of those who were there, it was the most accurate depiction of what actually occured. So while it may have had a few blacks in it (God, only an Ass would bring up such a criticism!), the overall portrayal was true.

JOHN



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  Re: Not Saving Private Ryan.
 
John I can’t help but think you are over-egging this. You force feed your teenagers this flick if you wish. I’ll focus on why D-Day had to happen, why men had to die & what would have happened if D-Day had failed. Scott A (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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  Re: Not Saving Private Ryan.
 
(...) The film is longer than 20 minutes. Even so, were the pathfinders on all the beaches not Brits? Also, in WW2, what would the chances of a black guy (Diesel) being in a frontline squad be? Were non-whites not relegated to logistics (as they (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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