[LINK] OT: bin Laden is dead

Paul Bolger pbolger at gmail.com
Sun May 8 14:29:04 AEST 2011


Well, maybe somewhere in between.

http://www.b-westerns.com/geronimo.htm

On 8 May 2011 15:43, Tom Koltai <tomk at unwired.com.au> wrote:
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au
>> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Roger Clarke
>> Sent: Sunday, 8 May 2011 9:26 AM
>> To: link at anu.edu.au
>> Subject: [LINK] OT: bin Laden is dead
>> Geronimo seems a good choice for the code-word, by the way.  He
>> conducted revenge attacks against Mexicans and a few against US
>> settlements.  And, after Geronimo surrendered to US forces, the US
>> failed to comply with the conditions of his surrender.  White man,
>> forked tongue.  Makes you proud to be one.
>>
>
> Whilst it would be nice to be able to say that the free worlds policy
> makers have a formal education with a sound historical base, I think
> unfortunately, the reference may be from a slightly more cosmopolitan
> source:
>
> A popular movie...
>
> Script Excerpt - Quote/ [http://www.movie-page.com/scripts/DieHard.txt]
> 211     INT. 38TH FLOOR                                       211
>
>        McClane push the chair into the shaft.
>
>                                MCCLANE
>                 Geronimo...motherf**kers.
>
>        For a long moment there is nothing, then:  the shaft is filled
>        with light, then SOUND -- an ungodly ROAR -- and McClane is
>        thrown back across the elevator corridor against the other
>        back of doors by the concussion wave.
>
> /Quote
>
> /body
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