Our Day of Infamy

marcus

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Dec 8, 2012, 10:27:11 AM12/8/12

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Yesterday was the World War II Generation's "Day of Infamy".

Today is the Sixties Generation's "Day of Infamy".

Roll on John.

http://marccatone.webs.com/lennon.htm

Marc

http://marccatone.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=12544008

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marcus

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Dec 9, 2012, 3:18:55 PM12/9/12

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On Dec 8, 8:07 pm, poisoned rose <pros...@poissonedrose.com> wrote:

> marcus <marcus...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Yesterday was the World War II Generation's "Day of Infamy".
>
> > Today is the Sixties Generation's "Day of Infamy".
>

> Yeah...a rock star's murder is a comparable calamity to a country being
> forced into a world war. Glad to see you're still keeping perspective.

The shock impact is comparable.

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marcus

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Dec 9, 2012, 3:38:23 PM12/9/12

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> To you, Marcus. To you.
>
> And actually, if pressed to pin your grandiose label on a day, I suspect
> more "Sixties Generation" people would say it was JFK's assassination.

It would be among them...the JFK assassination(although that was multi-
generational), MLK & RFK assasinations, Kent State, Challenger
explosion, and 9/11.

marcus

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Dec 9, 2012, 3:44:46 PM12/9/12

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> To you, Marcus. To you.
>
> And actually, if pressed to pin your grandiose label on a day, I suspect
> more "Sixties Generation" people would say it was JFK's assassination.

I certainly am not claiming that the outcomes of Pearl Harbor, the JFK
assassination, and Lennon assassination were the same. It's the shock
impact that all three had where most people in America alive at the
time all have "I remember where I was when I heard the news" stories
in common.

What's making me feel particularly old these days is that most people
under age 55 have no memory of the JFK assassination in real time.
And the old-timers, who used to tell me about how they found out about
Pearl Harbor that Sunday morning in December 1941, are few and far
between, including my parents.

Just Walkin'

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Dec 10, 2012, 11:49:16 AM12/10/12

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Not even in the same category and absurd to suggest any connection.

marcus

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Dec 10, 2012, 12:40:09 PM12/10/12

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marcus

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Dec 10, 2012, 10:14:55 PM12/10/12

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On Dec 10, 8:47 pm, poisoned rose <pros...@poissonedrose.com> wrote:
>
"At the time of his death, Lennon didn't even a Platinum-selling solo
album in the States."

Wow...once again amazing the world with your debating skills.

So superficial and petty.

RichL

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Dec 10, 2012, 11:49:29 PM12/10/12

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"marcus" <marc...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Wow. Yeah, I agree. A perfect illustration of how PR's debates degenerate
into childish nonsense in a matter of a post or two.

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really real

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Dec 11, 2012, 12:18:25 PM12/11/12

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Ah, RichL, how nice of you to tear up your vow and return to poisoned
rose threading. Let's face it, poisoned rose's particular neuroses are
great fodder for discussion.

But I think we should all try to be a bit more creative and try to say
new things, not just repeat past illustrations.

Poisoned rose seems particularly obsessed with the way marcus feels
about The Beatles. Anyone in rmd who has no history of rmb would be
surprised to see the way poisoned rose always keeps bringing this up.

And poisoned rose's hit parade obsession is also very important. Lennon
didn't have a Platinum-selling solo album? If only Lennon could have
been as important as Justin Beaver. Why is poisoned rose so obsessed
with critics and record sales and record charts? No wonder he can't
distinguish between the careers of Bob Dylan and Ghostface Killa.

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M. Rick

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Dec 11, 2012, 4:22:08 PM12/11/12

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>If only Lennon could have been as important as Justin Beaver.

Is that the Canadian spelling?

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RichL

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Dec 11, 2012, 5:44:17 PM12/11/12

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"really real" <reall...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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> Ah, RichL, how nice of you to tear up your vow and return to poisoned rose
> threading. Let's face it, poisoned rose's particular neuroses are great
> fodder for discussion.

Well, I only saw what he wrote through Marcus's response. Overall, I've
pretty much avoided getting entangled.

>
> But I think we should all try to be a bit more creative and try to say new
> things, not just repeat past illustrations.
>
> Poisoned rose seems particularly obsessed with the way marcus feels about
> The Beatles. Anyone in rmd who has no history of rmb would be surprised to
> see the way poisoned rose always keeps bringing this up.
>
> And poisoned rose's hit parade obsession is also very important. Lennon
> didn't have a Platinum-selling solo album? If only Lennon could have been
> as important as Justin Beaver. Why is poisoned rose so obsessed with
> critics and record sales and record charts? No wonder he can't distinguish
> between the careers of Bob Dylan and Ghostface Killa.

That, sir, was pretty much my point. He's usually a bit more subtle about
it than he was this time, though.

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really real

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Dec 11, 2012, 9:29:43 PM12/11/12

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>>
>> Wow...once again amazing the world with your debating skills.
>>
>> So superficial and petty.
>

> Nothing but namecalling. Still no content at all.
>
> People who debate with me with post-editing, exhibit 96.
>

Poisoned rose has pulled way ahead of Il-Wero with this latest batch of
multiple posts in this thread.

What do you think is motivating poisoned rose's return to rmd here, and
why is he doing it so ungracefully? I guess everyone goes crazy around
christmas.

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