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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:00:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:01:18 PM EDT
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Sorry man, but that was made up later that year by a newspaperman looking for a good story. Too bad its not true though.
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:02:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:05:14 PM EDT
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Ouch, the old schooler has been schooled by the new schooler. |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:07:11 PM EDT
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what..it's not even true...?
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:11:00 PM EDT
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Prove it. This was widely distributed today by the Federalist Patriot.
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:14:38 PM EDT
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I've been searching the net and found no indication the story was false. Got any more info. Link? Book title?
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:17:55 PM EDT
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Searching now.
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:18:32 PM EDT
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I've just researched 5 web sites and the snopes site. Looks like CJ's a little off on his recollection. This is a true statement.
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:19:34 PM EDT
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This is gonna take a while. Nathan Hale is a VERY popular name for public schools.
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:21:06 PM EDT
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Really, I will look into this. I may have been the one fooled here. I will get back to you. |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:21:48 PM EDT
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But I can guarantee you can find plenty of websites backing his statement up, right?  |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:23:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:24:34 PM EDT
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Screw it...
Damned Lobsterbacks and their propoganda!!  I choose to believe it!Our freedoms and our very nation were a gift from those with a passion for liberty, and the steel resolve required to look at death and say such words. A toast to Nathan Hale!!!  Hey, it's still the 22nd here on the West Coast. 
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:25:20 PM EDT
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It is believed that he did say something similar that was later changed by William Hull .
From William Hull 's memoirs, that was written decades after the Revolution. By then, a country and government that were already abusing the people's hard-won liberties had been established. But in 1782, just six years after Nathan Hale's death, an article appeared anonymously in the Boston Chronicle. Evidence suggests that Hull was its author. Here he quotes Captain Hale's last words as, "'I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged, that my only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service.'" Obviously, the shorter version packs a greater punch, but it also changes "cause" to "country." Nathan Hale was no nationalist. He gave his life for the cause of liberty, not for a collection of state governments that hardly existed at the time . |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:26:07 PM EDT
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Hmm, I read this in a history book. Fucking piece of shit textbooks. Sorry guys.
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Posted: 9/22/2004 9:27:21 PM EDT
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Your source also writes for these (and she's a hippy).
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Posted: 9/22/2004 10:32:20 PM EDT
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Darned hippies.
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Posted: 9/22/2004 10:34:42 PM EDT
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a great American
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Posted: 9/22/2004 10:36:19 PM EDT
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Now I'm embarrassed!  82nd, you always catch me shooting my mouth off without the facts! At least thats what it feels like sometimes. |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 10:42:36 PM EDT
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Well, at least he's not a dick about it. Once again proving the night crew rules! |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 10:43:21 PM EDT
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however he said it..the guy had balls.
about to be hanged and he doesnt beg for mercy. he has a line that was memorable and makes you say.... wahooo. being the dick that i am. i would complain about my last meal rather than say something powerful as he did. |
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Posted: 9/22/2004 10:48:19 PM EDT
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I'd never pick on you, CJ. I only pick on the worst of trolls <cough, cough, John91498, cough, cough,>. So don't sweat it, my friend! 
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Posted: 9/22/2004 10:53:20 PM EDT
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Thanks, man.
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