Arizona Wildcats football to honor USS Arizona by wearing
September 16th, 2016 at 5:11 PM ^
#WeRemember
— Arizona Football (@ArizonaFBall) September 15, 2016
We will recognize, remember and honor the memory of the U.S.S. Arizona and its crew.#BearDown pic.twitter.com/ahkKMfkLKg
September 16th, 2016 at 5:11 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 5:13 PM ^
From head to toe, the detail is incredible.@ArizonaFBall's unis honor the U.S.S. Arizona: https://t.co/pOCJXL3ubL pic.twitter.com/Vtrk6pMr1Q
— ESPN (@espn) September 15, 2016
September 16th, 2016 at 5:15 PM ^
"The sorrow never fades"? SalvatoreQuattro, were you there?? Are you actually 93 years old??? IS THAT YOUR ACTUAL PICTURE FROM 1941?????
September 16th, 2016 at 5:16 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 5:27 PM ^
I'll bet you're fun at parties. Lighten up, Francis. (However, I am glad that you deemed my comment repulsive enough to post for, like, the 5th time since 2012!!!)
September 16th, 2016 at 6:14 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 6:28 PM ^
Probably something along the lines of hoping you don't home school.
September 16th, 2016 at 8:02 PM ^
September 17th, 2016 at 1:52 PM ^
They have some very good schools.
September 16th, 2016 at 5:19 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 5:22 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 5:32 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 5:37 PM ^
This reminds me of an Onion article from several years ago, talking about how more and more retirees were moving to their old college towns to live our their final years. One of the things the male retirees were learning (sadly), was that saying "I stormed the beach at Normandy" didn't get them laid anymore... :-D
September 16th, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 6:13 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 7:02 PM ^
Hahahahaha are you and Quattro lost relatives that have been reunited on Mgoblog through your Michigan fandom?
September 16th, 2016 at 7:11 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 8:02 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 5:48 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 5:55 PM ^
I find all deaths in war sad regardless of the side, but clearly the victims of the Nazis warrant much more pity than Nazis themselves.
Yes, this crap has been going on forever. So have a lot of things. That is no justification for indifference.
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September 16th, 2016 at 5:58 PM ^
I think we've come to the heart of the matter. Empathy and sorrow are very different things. I can feel empathy at times with people who suffered tragedies long before my life. But rarely does that bring me to a state of "sorrow," which is a sort of profound feeling of distress, sadness, loss, etc.
September 16th, 2016 at 6:11 PM ^
I think and read a lot about history and what it means. So I have a radically different view of events like Pearl Harbor and the Holocaust than most. To me they are as real as any current event.
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September 16th, 2016 at 6:05 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 6:09 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 6:19 PM ^
Yes, horrible do continue to happen and will long after everyone alive today is dead. Cruelty and barbarism is what humans do best.
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September 16th, 2016 at 6:36 PM ^
Sorry, didn't mean to attack you or for this to become a "big thing." I just thought the comment "the sorrow never fades" was a little dramatic for an event you most likely weren't alive for...
September 16th, 2016 at 10:44 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 11:28 PM ^
September 17th, 2016 at 8:44 AM ^
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September 17th, 2016 at 10:53 AM ^
I've never killed, raped, or beaten anyone, ever, nor have I ever been killed, raped, or beaten. If that's what we're best at, I'm doing something wrong. Have you ever killed, raped, or beaten anyone? Have you been killed, raped, or beaten? Your hyperbole is so over the top it's ridiculous.
I'm not a serious student of history, but I know enough to know that we've gone from a situation where 10's of millions of people died during our wars to now where thousands die. Yes, people still die, but don't forget, there are about 7 billion people on the planet. I would say that what humans do best is create, not destroy. But it's really a ridiculous statement, as most of your statements are, since how does one go about quantifying what an entire species does best?
September 16th, 2016 at 6:56 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 7:10 PM ^
What hath he wrought? A douchebag par excellence!
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September 17th, 2016 at 10:55 AM ^
the board would be a better place to inhabit as a result
September 16th, 2016 at 7:08 PM ^
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September 17th, 2016 at 2:02 PM ^
I ask because I am 45 and knew alot of WW2 vets growing up. They were my generations grand parents, and I feel very strongly connect to WW2 through their stories. I have no feelings what so ever about the Civil War battles outside of the end of slavery, but the WW2 generation knew people who were involved with the Civil war and felt like I do about WW2. You likely aren't directly connected to those he fought.
September 17th, 2016 at 2:49 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 5:20 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 5:26 PM ^
Do I think we have a historical duty to remember terrible events from the past, especially (as you say in another reply) human atrocities like the holocaust or slavery? Absolutely.
Do I feel "sorrowful" about an event that happened 33 years before my birth, and that my closest connection to is my grandfather, who was in the service in Europe at the time? No, not especially.
September 16th, 2016 at 5:31 PM ^
I feel sorrow because slaves, Holocaust victims, and sailors and soldiers were humans like us. They loved like us. They aspired for more like us. They dreamed like us. For someone not feel sorrow at their fate is peculiar to me.
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September 16th, 2016 at 5:35 PM ^
So, do you still feel bad about the Mongol Conquests of the 13th century? That was quite possibly even deadlier than WWII, and certainly more brutal when you consider the weapons of war at the time. For me, it is a historical atrocity, not something I ponder with deep emotion any more...
September 16th, 2016 at 5:41 PM ^
I do not spend hours crying over it or become depressed, but I do feel empathy for those victims. Those who died in the Mongol wars were not just numbers. They were human beings. This appreciation for their humanity is lost in the conventional telling of history.
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September 16th, 2016 at 10:04 PM ^
September 17th, 2016 at 12:28 AM ^
Were? Still are.
September 16th, 2016 at 6:10 PM ^
September 16th, 2016 at 6:17 PM ^
If stabbing, slashed, and being pieced by arrows is you definition of the worst form of killing then many wars would for that bill.
But they are not. Not by a long shot. The use of gas in WWI for example. Choking on your vomit.WWII gave us vivisection, use of biological weapons, the atomic bomb, firebombings, mass killing by zyklon b and carbon monoxide...do not see how any war can come close to matching that in sheer brutality.
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September 16th, 2016 at 6:32 PM ^
How about having molten silver or gold poured on your face as punishment for disobeying the Khan???
September 16th, 2016 at 6:43 PM ^
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September 16th, 2016 at 6:49 PM ^