Re: The Patriot

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:  I just got this from a friend of mine on another list. Here are his thoughts.

: Clabert
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:  I normally don't weigh in much on the list but I felt I would share my
: comments which may be from a different perspective.  Being a twenty one year
: veteran of the US Army I liked the movie for one reason above it's
: historical and story flaws, that reason is that it brings to the "history
: challenged" public a story from the beginning of our Army and our country
: that shows something about the struggle of what it took to breath life into
: the revolution and what it took to carry it through.  I find it hard to put
: into words, but I was glad to see something just anything that showed how
: our country came to be, too many have forgotten.

: I know much of the movie was made up Hollywood storyland but to sit in the
: theater and hear some of the comments was impressive.  I heard people
: talking about the Revolution who until they saw the movie, had probably
: never thought about it.  Sure the movie had problems, are we every going to
: properly educate someone through Hollywood? NO.  Shoot, we are having enough
: problems educating people through our education system, given political
: correctness and revisionist history lessons.  If the movie has one positive,
: it got people to think about a subject they probably never would have, that
: I appreciate.

: Jim Kindred
: CW4, US Army


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