Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You have said it far more thoughtfully and eloquently than I, Ruben . ATPM, by the way, is undoubtedly the best journalism "procedural" ever made. On 6/1/05 1:03 AM, "Ruben" <ruben@rhodos.dk> wrote: > Marc > > I am 42 and I find it very interesting - my daughters are 13 and 16 - they > saw the movie with redford/hoffman 3 month ago - there were recently other > speculations on who deep throat was - I am sure my daughters will find it > interresting to! > > It must be an impportant task for teachers as well as parrents in the US to > tell their children about watergate and the "deep throat comming in" is a > good oppertunity. > > If we do not pass on to the new generations the knowledge of our mistakes > and of others crime or cruelty it is easy forgotten and that could be > fatal. > > Five years ago 50% of swedish High School pubils did not believe in that > Holocaust had ever found place. My childrens friends go for one day > shopping > trips to Berlin not knowing of the horrors the people of eastern Germany > was > put through. My grandmother was German and some of my family was caught on > the wrong side of the wall - I remember her crying when she got letters > were > most we "sensored" out - she and most her family passed away befor the wall > fell. > > We have obligations and can not keep information to us self just because we > are political junkies! > > This is in no way a critique of your post Marc - just remark on what I find > an important task for all of us. > > all the best > Ruben > > snip >> I acknowledge that the revelation of the real persona of DEEP THROAT is >> most interesting to historians and political junkies such as me and thee >> but I also recognize that it is of little interest to the general public. >> >> Marc >> >> >> msmall@aya.yale.edu >> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! >> >> NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information