Re: Oriana Fallaci- Woman of the Year


"GreenDistantStar" <GreenNOSPAMdistantstar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Mark Goldberg" <msgoldberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > GreenDistantStar wrote:
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> >> "Mark Goldberg" <msgoldberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >>
> >>>This was awarded by Frontpage Mag.com to her.
> >>>She is a fascinating woman, a real warrior, a real tough broad, and a
> >>>fighter. She likely won't live to see 2007 and I'm glad she's getting
the
> >>>accolades so long deserved.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Now if she was born in 1930 and WWII ended in 1945, how could she have
> >> played a role in the Resistance? C'mon...it doesn't seem possible...but
> >> then you do some homework.......
> >>
> >
> > You don't think a child witnessing the destruction of the civilized
world,
> > her father involved, others around her, up to her teen years, wouldn't
> > have allowed her to do some work?
> > You think she was going to 8th grade with all the others.... or was she
> > out in a war torn world, doing that which her dedication for the
entirety
> > of the rest of her life was evidence of?
> >
> > Her exact role then as a young girl, I've never read about. The evidence
> > of the entirety of the rest of her life is a dedication and a commitment
> > that is beyond the entire body politic of Europe. It is quite large,
> > almost monumental and in fact 13 yr olds do quite a bit of leg work
> > running around and doing things that would startle those of us who live
in
> > peacetime.
> >
> > What I dont' understand peter, is why the besmirching of her, on the
basis
> > of not seeing her flying a b-17 at her age.?
> >
> > ... By the time Oriana reached the age of 10, Italy was
> >> involved in World War II. Joining her father in the underground
> >> resistance movement, she became a member of the Corps of Volunteers for
> >> Freedom to fight the Nazi's (Levy, 1975, p. 36). When Florence was
> >> occupied by Nazi troops during the war, Fallaci's father was captured,
> >> jailed and tortured before he was finally released alive. At the age of
> >> 14, Oriana received an honorable discharge from the Italian army
(Arico,
> >> 1986, p. 587) "
> >>
> >> Nothing I could say could add to that.
> >>
> >> GDS
> >
> > What does that mean... that she was a teenager in war, who created a
> > devotion to liberty and the civilization that fascism almost wiped away
> > that she took with her for the next 60 yrs?
> > I don't know what the bonafides of the army service for teenagers was or
> > wasn't. I know what she produced as a result of all that, and it speaks
so
> > very well, it is a testimony a mile long.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > What's the complaint....
>
> What the???
>
> You have me TOTALLY wrong, Mark. Did you miss "C'mon...it doesn't seem
> possible...but then you do some homework......." ?
>
> I was pointing out how astounding and unbelievable (but true) her expoits
> were. It was a verbal double-take.
>
> That one could perceive injustice at such a young age and actually do
> something about it? Beyond wow. That is humanity at its finest, and my
> point? I could not possibly say anything that would add to the sum of her
> greatness. So I chose to simply add nothing, lest I detract as I could not
> add anything.
>
> If possible, my admiration for her exceeds yours, and your reply astounds
> me.
>
> Cheers
>


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