Re: Common Virtue
From Prudence <lo-...@erols.com-slamspam>
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· 22 Aug 1999 00:00 · View full thread
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Lennert Stock <l...@gate99.nl> wrote in message news:37b...@news.multiweb.nl... > On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 01:28:17 -0500, "JRO" <ogl...@mail.fullnet.net-remove> wrote: > > >...Feb. 23, 1945. A simple press photographer named Joe Rosenthal inadvertantly > >accomplished something that no one had even imagined possible. Intending to take > >nothing more than a photograph, by act of fate he captured the soul of a nation... > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > >[ascii picture] > > (wow :)) > > >QUIZ: Who knows what common virtue is? > > Ahh.. Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue, not? > IMO, there's nothing valorous, nor fateful or virtuous > about faking a snapshot of a historic event and getting > a Pulitzer for it though.. but great pose, and great > ascii picture ;) Im familiar with the history of the picture and it does not diminish nor cloud the message it conveys which is imbedded in the hearts of millions. And, yes, it is a great ascii pic :) Prudence
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