Osama Bin Laden is Dead!!! - Page 9

Bullitt · 05-03-2011, 07:06 PM

You're probably right, he championed non-violence. I just like sticking to what people actually said/did, not conjecture.

Aliantha · 05-03-2011, 07:10 PM

Fair enough. Me too. I wouldn't have posted it as a quote if I'd known it was a fake. I might get the book and check it out though. I do have a book with all MLK's speaches here. I might find the one that's supposedly the origins of the quote and see what it really says.

Bullitt · 05-03-2011, 07:16 PM

He was a smart guy, could use another like him.

lookout123 · 05-03-2011, 07:43 PM

It might be nice if he were to pop by someday and say "that is NOT what I meant!".

Sheldonrs · 05-03-2011, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

It might be nice if he were to pop by someday and say "that is NOT what I meant!".

I say the same thing regarding the Founding fathers and the 2nd amendment.

Spexxvet · 05-04-2011, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Bullitt

False quote Aliantha
*Ahem*
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/...tation/238257/

I don't know what "false quote" means. Maybe you meant to say "according to this source, MLK did not say the first sentence of the quote".

glatt · 05-04-2011, 08:21 AM

I think it's pretty clear what "false quote" means. I have yet to see any evidence that MLK said those quoted words. He probably used each and every word in that quote at some point in his life, but just not in that order, as far as I can tell.

Spexxvet · 05-04-2011, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I think it's pretty clear what "false quote" means. I have yet to see any evidence that MLK said those quoted words. He probably used each and every word in that quote at some point in his life, but just not in that order, as far as I can tell.

Unfortunately, he was taken from us before his time. If he hadn't used those words in that order before he died, he was bound to by the end of April 1968.

Trilby · 05-04-2011, 09:03 AM

I've said loads of words thruout my life. I suppose, by this argument, that I've said some pretty fucking awesome things, too. I mean, I said all the words, I just didn't string them together in that way...

Spexxvet · 05-04-2011, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

I've said loads of words thruout my life. I suppose, by this argument, that I've said some pretty fucking awesome things, too. I mean, I said all the words, I just didn't string them together in that way...

Some after-the-fact editing is all you need.

Beest · 05-04-2011, 11:55 AM

I found the chanting and all night singing a bit much, and noted that alot the crowd seemed very young. There was some anlaysis on NPR and they talked about how for young people, somoene who was under 12 say in 2001, Bin Laden was the Big Bad Bogeyman for large portion of their lives, so for him to be killed is huge in perspective.

My thoughts are summed up very well by what is apparently a hackneyed mis quote incorrectly attributed to Mark Twain, anyway,

"I have never wished anyone dead, but there are obituaries I have read with great deal of satisfaction"

also the new drink is The Bin Laden, two shots and a splash of water.

Nirvana · 05-04-2011, 11:59 AM

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infinite monkey · 05-04-2011, 12:01 PM

Beest, you probably did see a lot of that, living in a college town! Also, it's true, I remember being afraid of the cold war and some unknown russian threat, but there wasn't the likes of a Hitler or a bin Laden.

Nary a word on this campus. Different environment.

And I like the drink!

infinite monkey · 05-04-2011, 12:09 PM

Is he DEAD or is he Dead?

Spexxvet · 05-04-2011, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Is he DEAD or is he Dead?

Bin Laden is deAD

05-03-2011, 07:06 PM	#121
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	You're probably right, he championed non-violence. I just like sticking to what people actually said/did, not conjecture. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

05-03-2011, 07:10 PM	#122
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Fair enough. Me too. I wouldn't have posted it as a quote if I'd known it was a fake. I might get the book and check it out though. I do have a book with all MLK's speaches here. I might find the one that's supposedly the origins of the quote and see what it really says. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-03-2011, 07:16 PM	#123
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	He was a smart guy, could use another like him. __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

05-03-2011, 07:43 PM	#124
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	It might be nice if he were to pop by someday and say "that is NOT what I meant!". __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-04-2011, 09:03 AM	#129
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I've said loads of words thruout my life. I suppose, by this argument, that I've said some pretty fucking awesome things, too. I mean, I said all the words, I just didn't string them together in that way... __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-04-2011, 08:21 AM	#127
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I think it's pretty clear what "false quote" means. I have yet to see any evidence that MLK said those quoted words. He probably used each and every word in that quote at some point in his life, but just not in that order, as far as I can tell.

05-04-2011, 11:55 AM	#131
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	I found the chanting and all night singing a bit much, and noted that alot the crowd seemed very young. There was some anlaysis on NPR and they talked about how for young people, somoene who was under 12 say in 2001, Bin Laden was the Big Bad Bogeyman for large portion of their lives, so for him to be killed is huge in perspective. My thoughts are summed up very well by what is apparently a hackneyed mis quote incorrectly attributed to Mark Twain, anyway, "I have never wished anyone dead, but there are obituaries I have read with great deal of satisfaction" also the new drink is The Bin Laden, two shots and a splash of water.

05-04-2011, 11:59 AM	#132
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	. __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

05-04-2011, 12:01 PM	#133
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Beest, you probably did see a lot of that, living in a college town! Also, it's true, I remember being afraid of the cold war and some unknown russian threat, but there wasn't the likes of a Hitler or a bin Laden. Nary a word on this campus. Different environment. And I like the drink!

05-04-2011, 12:09 PM	#134
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Is he DEAD or is he Dead?

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