Jason wrote:
> In article <NjZYq.2381$xH4....@newsfe19.iad>, Tom McDonald
> <
tmcdon...@charter.net> wrote:
> > On 2/9/2012 11:35 AM, Jason wrote:
> > > Someone said that since I have never been in the Navy--that I could not be
> > > part of their "band of brothers". I disagree--at the very least--I am one
> > > of their supporters and may be part of their band of brothers.
> >
> > No, Jason, you are not. Not in the sense used by folks in the military;
> > nor by the makers of the mini-series, "Band of Brothers"; nor in the
> > sense the phrase came to be. Shakespeare coined the term, and defined
> > what it meant in a play more famous than your 'Cool Change' ditty.
> >
> > > In the famous song by the Little River Bang entitled "Cool Change".
> > >
> > > There is a line in that sailing song that says:
> > >
> > > "It's kind of a special feeling when you are out on the sea alone. The
> > > albatross and the whales they are my brothers...."
> > >
> > > That means I am part of the Swiftboaters band of brothers.
> >
> > So you have shed your blood with them, in fact and not just
> > metaphorically? You've been in battle with them, seen them be wounded,
> > die, act heroically and selfishly? Been entitled to wear the Combat
> > Infantry Badge? Gotten a Purple Heart?
> >
> > No, you've done none of those things. You're a chickenhawk, Jason; a
> > wannabe who didn't do the hard and dangerous work to earn being a part
> > of a military 'band of brothers'.
> >
> > Here's the context, with the relevant lines separated and highlighted,
> > from Shakespeare's "Henry V", Act 4, Scene III:
> >
> > This day is called the feast of Crispian:
> > He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
> > Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
> > And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
> > He that shall live this day, and see old age,
> > Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
> > And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian:'
> > Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.
> > And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.'
> > Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
> > But he'll remember with advantages
> > What feats he did that day: then shall our names.
> > Familiar in his mouth as household words
> > Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,
> > Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
> > Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
> > This story shall the good man teach his son;
> > And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
> > From this day to the ending of the world,
> > But we in it shall be remember'd;
> >
> > ----------------------------------
> > *We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
> > For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
> > Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
> > This day shall gentle his condition:*
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > And gentlemen in England now a-bed
> > Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
> > And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
> > That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > You, Jason, are one of those 'gentlemen in England now a-bed', and you
> > should hold your manhood cheap and feel accursed when you claim to be
> > part of a military 'band of brothers'.
> >
> > Fucking chickenhawk.
>
> I understand your point of view. I agree with you. I am not a member of
> the Swift Boaters band of brothers since I have never been in the
> military. However, I am one of their supporters.
Why do you support liars?