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01-27-2010, 09:57 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Howard Zinn is dead
Motherfucker. I had faith I would meet him before he died.
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You fucking people [war veterans] are only a step below entitled rich kids, the only difference being you had to do and witness horrible things, instead of being given everything.
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real classy
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01-28-2010, 08:33 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,678
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That sucks.
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01-28-2010, 08:35 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Hell Hall
Posts: 1,167
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That's unfortunate.
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-Leonardo Da Vinci
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01-28-2010, 09:12 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Um, lower, oh yeah, uh, uh ... YES THERE!
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As he wrote in his autobiography, "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train" (1994), "From the start, my teaching was infused with my own history. I would try to be fair to other points of view, but I wanted more than 'objectivity'; I wanted students to leave my classes not just better informed, but more prepared to relinquish the safety of silence, more prepared to speak up, to act against injustice wherever they saw it. This, of course, was a recipe for trouble."
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He will be missed greatly. But he used his 87 years well, and his voice will be heard long after his passing.
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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01-28-2010, 03:06 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Sheffield UK.
Posts: 2,065
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He was getting on a bit, what did you expect? Still kinda sad though, I really appreciated his input on various topics...
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01-28-2010, 03:11 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 2,670
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Damn, didn't see this thread til after I posted mine...
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You should talk you fugly, cat bashing, psychopathic urinal on two legs...
-Jack_the_knife
I don't hate you. Saying I hate you would be like saying I hate a dog with no legs trying to cross a busy freeway.
-Mr. Filth
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01-28-2010, 08:17 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Flushing, NY
Posts: 3,206
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He was my cousin. My grandmother grew up with him. I, too, was hoping to meet him, but he never really reconnected with us. I did email him when I was twelve, right after I finished reading You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train. He will always serve as an inspiration to me.
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