Re: Suicide Bomber Revelation

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 08:53:18 -0800, Dhubghall wrote
(in article <47a9e5fe$0$18428$39cecf19@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):

> Peter Boulding <pjb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 19:12:34 -0800 (PST), TedTheCat
<tedthecat85@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote in
<8ad74f82-22cf-42dc-9620-1f2e312b01eb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
> 
>>> The defenders of the Alamo are treated like saints in Texas.
> 
>> In the wonderful movie "Lone Star" we are introduced to our
schoolteacher
>> heroine at a parents' meeting: a fierce argument is taking place
between the
>> Anglo moms, who want their children to be taught the myth and symbolism
of
>> the Alamo, and the Chicano moms, who want the kids to learn the
historic
>> truth. 
> 
> And as great as that film is it isn't fiction.  7th graders in Texas are

> required to take a full year of Texas "History".  When I took it <Mumble

> mumble> years ago it was an exercise in silly hagiation with an amount
of 
> gloss that approached cultural polyurethane.  
> 
> We learned that Travis was brave in holding them at the San antonio 
> Mission and it gave Houston time to form.  We didn't learn that Santa 
> Anna's supply train was stretched too far and that he had to stop
anyway.  
> We also didn't learn that Houston was furious at Travis because he knew 
> the men would be better utilized in the more defensable east Texas 
> forest's and marshes than the Central Texas plains.  We were taught the 
> defensive layout but it wouldn't be years later that it was a really 
> REALLY poor place to try to convert into a fortress.  
> 
> I did learn some years later as well that you really REALLY shouldn't 
> bring these issues up at the the Alamo museum.  Those people don't like 
> those types of questions and they don't have much of a sense of humor. 
> 

Did you visit the basement?

-- 
Jerry "Kim would appreciate it." Bauer