Who said: "We have met the enemy..."
Jeffrey L. Eglen
Who said: "We have met the enemy and he is us."?
Thanks
liblanc1
We have met the enemy and he is us.
Walt Kelly, the words of Pogo in an Earth Day, 1971, cartoon
strip, _The Best of Pogo,_ ed. Mrs. Walt Kelly and Bill Crouch, Jr., p.
163 (1982).
This succinct expression was derived from a sentence in the
Foreword of an earlier publication, _The Pogo Papers_ (1953): "Resolve
then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tinny blasts
on tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours,
he may be us."
Bill Thomas and _Respectfully Quoted_ Pogo was an opossum
libl...@cerfnet.com in Kelly's satirical
comic strip _Pogo_
Elizabeth B. Thomsen
This is the most famous quote from the classic comic Pogo.
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Elizabeth B. Thomsen
To add to my own previous message-- Pogo was by Walt Kelly, and the quote
was a brilliant play on Oliver Perry's "We have met the enemy and they
are ours."
More and more, the Pogo version seems true--
Elizabeth Thomsen
George F. Hardy
In article <DvqwB...@world.std.com>, lib...@world.std.com (Elizabeth B. Thomsen) says:
>
>This is the most famous quote from the classic comic Pogo.
Without knowing the rest of the quote, it is not possible to
know whether Pogo or Perry is the correct answer.
GFH
Ellis Golub
The paraphrase appeared in the comic strip, Pogo, uttered by the character Pogo
in the late sixties, early seventies. I'm blocking on the cartoonist.. Walter
???
Ellis
leswin laubscher
> Who said: "We have met the enemy and he is us."?
>
> Thanks
The character (not person) who said this was Pogo, in the famous cartoon
strip popular sometime around the 20s (I think). To be honest, I don't
know if the quote is in reference to the 1st or the 2nd World War, but I
know it refers to one of them.
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We have met the enemy and he is us.
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Jeffrey L. Eglen (jle...@indy.net) wrote:
: Who said: "We have met the enemy and he is us."?
This is attributed to Walt Kelly, as used in his POGO comic strip.
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In article <llaubsch-0...@lab6.sesp.nwu.edu>, llau...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (leswin laubscher) writes:
> In article <3207C9...@indy.net>, "Jeffrey L. Eglen" <jle...@indy.net>
>
> > Who said: "We have met the enemy and he is us."?
> >
>
> The character (not person) who said this was Pogo, in the famous cartoon
> strip popular sometime around the 20s (I think). To be honest, I don't
> know if the quote is in reference to the 1st or the 2nd World War, but I
> know it refers to one of them.
Whoa! I read Pogo religiously, and i am not that old. The strip was very popular
in the 1950s and 1960s. If i remember correctly, the "I have met .." quote
was about the environment.
bob
George F. Hardy
In article <4unuom$i...@ultranews.duc.auburn.edu>, bul...@eng.auburn.edu (Robert L. Bulfin) says:
>> > Who said: "We have met the enemy and he is us."?
>I read Pogo religiously, and i am not that old. The strip was
>very popular in the 1950s and 1960s. If i remember correctly,
>the "I have met .." quote was about the environment.
It was. And your point is?
GFH
Bill Gascoyne
In article i...@ultranews.duc.auburn.edu, bul...@eng.auburn.edu (Robert L. Bulfin) writes:
>In article <llaubsch-0...@lab6.sesp.nwu.edu>, llau...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (leswin laubscher) writes:
>> In article <3207C9...@indy.net>, "Jeffrey L. Eglen" <jle...@indy.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> strip popular sometime around the 20s (I think). To be honest, I don't
>> know if the quote is in reference to the 1st or the 2nd World War, but I
>> know it refers to one of them.
>
>was about the environment.
>
The original, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," is a quotation from
one of the World Wars. The Pogo version, "We have met the enemy and they is us,"
was indeed related to the environment.
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David J. Loftus
George F. Hardy (geo...@www.comet.chv.va.us) wrote:
: In article <4unuom$i...@ultranews.duc.auburn.edu>, bul...@eng.auburn.edu (Robert L. Bulfin) says:
: >> > Who said: "We have met the enemy and he is us."?
: >I read Pogo religiously, and i am not that old. The strip was
: >very popular in the 1950s and 1960s. If i remember correctly,
: >the "I have met .." quote was about the environment.
: It was. And your point is?
That the line did NOT date from the 20s or refer to one of the world
wars. Geez, folks, pay attention!
George F. Hardy
Perry was the War of 1812.
GFH
Laura J Valentine
Excerpts from netnews.alt.quotations: 16-Aug-96 Re: Who said: "We have
met .. by George F. Ha...@www.come
> >wars.
>
> Perry was the War of 1812.
Yes! Thank you. I couldn't remember if it was the American Revolution,
or the French & Indian War, or the War of 1812. I get confused with all
these wars!
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Excerpts from netnews.alt.quotations: 15-Aug-96 Re: Who said: "We have
met .. by David J. Loftus@netcom.c
But it does--or even earlier. Learned it in US History in high school.
The Hobgoblin of the Net
In <4ustjr$6...@lsi.lsil.com>, gas...@xvnews.unconfigured.domain wrote:
> In i...@ultranews.duc.auburn.edu, bul...@eng.auburn.edu writes:
> > In <llaubsch-0...@lab6.sesp>, llau...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu writes:
> >> In <3207C9...@indy.net>, jle...@indy.net wrote:
> >>
> >> > Who said: "We have met the enemy and he is us."?
>
> >> strip popular sometime around the 20s (I think). To be honest, I don't
> >> know if the quote is in reference to the 1st or the 2nd World War, but I
> >> know it refers to one of them.
>
> and they is us," was indeed related to the environment.
Apparently not in its first usage. This is from Kelly's backword to
_Ten Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Years with Pogo,_ and was written in 1959:
Let me quote from a rear-platform speech in a Pogo book one time.
. . . "It is just unfortunate that in the clumsy hands of a car-
toonist all traits become ridiculous, leading to a certain amount
of self-conscious expostulation and the desire to join battle.
"There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those
things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at
hand. Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags
waving and tinny blasts on tiny trumpets, we may meet the enemy,
and not only may he be ours, he may be us."
The tone of the backword is political and social, not environmental.
Remember that _Silent Spring_ was published only in 1962.
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'Til one day in Singapore
A Sailorman from Turkestan
Came knocking at the Door. . . ."
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Jane Vosk
On 14 Aug 1996, Bill Gascoyne wrote:
> In article i...@ultranews.duc.auburn.edu, bul...@eng.auburn.edu (Robert L. Bulfin) writes:
> >In article <llaubsch-0...@lab6.sesp.nwu.edu>, llau...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (leswin laubscher) writes:
> >> In article <3207C9...@indy.net>, "Jeffrey L. Eglen" <jle...@indy.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Who said: "We have met the enemy and he is us."?
> >> >
> [snip]
> >> The character (not person) who said this was Pogo, in the famous cartoon
> >> strip popular sometime around the 20s (I think). To be honest, I don't
> >> know if the quote is in reference to the 1st or the 2nd World War, but I
> >> know it refers to one of them.
> >
> >Whoa! I read Pogo religiously, and i am not that old. The strip was very popular
> >in the 1950s and 1960s. If i remember correctly, the "I have met .." quote
> >was about the environment.
> >
>
> The original, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," is a quotation from
> one of the World Wars. The Pogo version, "We have met the enemy and they is us,"
> was indeed related to the environment.
>
> ---
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> Bill Gascoyne ----- Speak for them?
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In _Lord of the Flies_, Simon says "The beast is us." Interesting?
justjane