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- From: trzyna@CS.ColoState.EDU (wayne trzyna)
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- Subject: Re: Edward Abbey Quote in JFK
- Message-ID: <Jan27.170653.67584@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 17:06:53 GMT
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- In article <NICHAEL.93Jan27105238@kariba.bbn.com> ncramer@bbn.com writes:
- >
- >Concerning Abbey and film-references:
- >
- >Did anyone else notice this curious bit in Oliver Stone's "JFK".
- >During the courtroom scene the Jim Garrison character quotes the
- >famous Abbey line "The patriot must always be ready to defend his
- >country from its government".
- >
- >However he attributes it merely to "an American naturalist..."
- >
- >Does anyone know anything about this? Why were they (apparently)
- >specifically avoiding mentioning/naming Abbey? (Maybe couldn't get a
- >release from Abbey's family?)
-
- Probably because to the average American, "an American naturalist"
- is more meaningful than the name Edward Abbey.
-
- You know the average American: the one feeding a Snickers bar to the
- Grizzly in Yellowstone Park.
-
- Edward who?
-
-
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- -Wayne Trzyna
- trzyna@CS.ColoState.EDU
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