Re: militarist

Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 09:44:37 -0400

On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 09:00:43AM +0000, Scottie Bowman wrote:

>I personally have little doubt that the creation of Holden & 
>the Glasses & the rest of them would not haved been possible 
>but for the experiences of Sergeant X.

I do not mean to trivialize the moving remarks you made, Scottie, by 
raising a pop-culture comparison, but when I sat through the opening
half-hour of the movie "Saving Private Ryan," I said in a whisper, a
stupor, "This is where Sergeant X came from."  The idea that the man
who wrote that character lived through some version of what I saw on
screen upset me in a way I cannot express.

If you see the movie, and then re-read the story, it's virtually not
possible to miss the connection.

--tim o'connor