http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/19/on-that-day/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 05:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/19/on-that-day/comment-page-1/#comment-43178 vernaculo Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:11:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2212#comment-43178 Not just the movies that weren't made, but the pain inflicted on soul of the man who had made the ones he did. Chaplin's genius was in liege to the human spirit, that's what was most harmed by the rabid viciousness he was subjected to; it was his love that made his work great, and he was punished for it, and for his innocence. Not just the movies that weren’t made, but the pain inflicted on soul of the man who had made the ones he did. Chaplin’s genius was in liege to the human spirit, that’s what was most harmed by the rabid viciousness he was subjected to; it was his love that made his work great, and he was punished for it, and for his innocence.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/19/on-that-day/comment-page-1/#comment-43177 Elayne Riggs Sun, 19 Sep 2004 16:38:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2212#comment-43177 Their RSS feed is up to yesterday; I don't think they've posted 19 September yet. Their RSS feed is up to yesterday; I don’t think they’ve posted 19 September yet.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/19/on-that-day/comment-page-1/#comment-43176 John Isbell Sun, 19 Sep 2004 16:23:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2212#comment-43176 You may think of Sharon as complicit in a massacre, but I think of him as complicit in an illegal real estate deal. Choices, choices. You may think of Sharon as complicit in a massacre, but I think of him as complicit in an illegal real estate deal. Choices, choices.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/19/on-that-day/comment-page-1/#comment-43175 Dylan Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:48:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2212#comment-43175 Wow, the 40th anniversary of Arnhem? Not only was the BBC two days behind in changing their link, but 20 years, as well. [Thanks Dylan, I've fixed that now. CB] Wow, the 40th anniversary of Arnhem? Not only was the BBC two days behind in changing their link, but 20 years, as well. [Thanks Dylan, I’ve fixed that now. CB]

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/19/on-that-day/comment-page-1/#comment-43174 Robin Green Sun, 19 Sep 2004 10:26:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2212#comment-43174 In 1983, an Israeli state inquiry found the then defense minister indirectly responsible for the killing of hundreds of men, women and children at Sabra and Shatila camps during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon. As a consequence of this inquiry he was forced to resign. That minister's name? Ariel Sharon. In 1983, an Israeli state inquiry found the then defense minister indirectly responsible for the killing of hundreds of men, women and children at Sabra and Shatila camps during Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon. As a consequence of this inquiry he was forced to resign. That minister’s name? Ariel Sharon.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/09/19/on-that-day/comment-page-1/#comment-43173 john b Sun, 19 Sep 2004 09:57:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2212#comment-43173 <i>The page has the refusal of the US to allow Charlie Chaplin to re-enter the country (1952) and the Southall Rail Crash (1997), the consequences of which are still very much with us.</i> Yup, not a day goes past when I don't lament the lack of Chaplin movies produced in the last 25 years of his life. The page has the refusal of the US to allow Charlie Chaplin to re-enter the country (1952) and the Southall Rail Crash (1997), the consequences of which are still very much with us. Yup, not a day goes past when I don’t lament the lack of Chaplin movies produced in the last 25 years of his life.

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