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In a message dated 9/12/2007 1:20:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
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remember years ago when visiting Europe that many of the people I
met (especially from the East) were convinced that all Americans
lived on huge ranches (like the Cartwrights of Bonanza), ran herds of
cattle, wore six-guns, and rubbed elbows with Indians. Their exposure
to Americans was limited to TV and movie westerns. I shudder to think
what they think of us now if most of their exposure continues to be
via Hollywood.
There is an organization out here in the Far Southwest called The Westerners
and there is a branch in Germany, so I have been told. I have seen photos of
those Germans dressed in Sioux Indian costumes and sitting by their tipis.
Then again, there is a reenactor group here in the United States that owns
land and recreates the World War I battlefields with sandbagged trenches full
of water, artificial rain, and live explosions and then the soldiers wear the
actual combat uniforms of the German, French or American armies and spend
days down in those trenches shooting blanks at each other, blowing whistles and
sending communications.
Who can say which nation is more crazy?
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
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