[Sca-cooks] FW: TRIBUTE TO AMERICA

[Marcus Antaya]

Actually, Stephan...they are pretty much verbatim.

I heard the audio clip the other day on the radio...It's genuine.

gyric
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan li Rous" <stefan at texas.net>
To: "SCA-Cooks maillist" <SCA-Cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] FW: TRIBUTE TO AMERICA


> Nanna said:
> > > Published in 1973. Just as relevant today imo.
> >
> > Is it? Where are those "lands that are gloating over America's
troubles"?
> > None of the countries mentioned in this tribute is, that's for sure.
Which
> > European newspapers are writing about "decadent, warmongering
Americans"?
> >
> > Look, the world is very much different from what it was in 1973.
Americans
> > may not have had much support or sympathy towards the end of the Vietnam
war
> > but they do now, believe me. Don't destroy it by distributing things
like
> > this. I fully understand why many Americans will find this tribute
> > appropriate or even quite wonderful, but it is a bitter and undeserved
> > insult for your allies in the rest of the world.
> >
> > And that's the only thing I have to say about this. My American friends,
> > please accept my deepest and most sincere condolences for your loss.
>
> Thank you Nanna for your condolances.
>
> Folks, this message, which I've seen on various mail lists today, is NOT
> what Gordon Sinclair said. I believe these words are from a song that
> may have been changed somewhat from what he originally said.
>
> The following message was posted to the Ansteorra list.
>
> Stefan
>
> > From: "Morgan Buchanan" <morganbuchanan at hotmail.com>
> > To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
> > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] America appreciated (off topic)
> > Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:55:04 -0500
>
> > Gordon Sinclair indeed did say wonderfuly good things about America.
> > However, the context of them had nothing to do with our recent attack.
Mr.
> > Sinclair's origianl pro-American editorial comments were made in 1973,
and
> > he died in 1984.  A full story on him can be found on
http://www.snopes2.com
> > and do a search on Gordon Sinclair.  It's an interesting story, and you
can
> > figure out what was actually said by Gordon and what parts of the
message
> > below were not attributable to him, regardless of their truth.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Lord Morgan Buchanan
>
> The actual speech was posted to the Ansteorra list but I can't find
> it now. Thus the "message below were not attributable" comment. The
> digestifier may have stripped it out. I get messages at work and
> the digest here at home.
>
> --
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