A saucer of milk for Foxy who commented, "Unfortunately, he was a lousy stage actor - he couldn't project on stage as he could in the movies where the camera did the work"

All in the vain hope that discrediting the actor might discredit Charlton Heston's speech that has been recognised as an example of superb American rhetoric. He was no fool. It is not just anyone who is invited to address the graduating year of lawyers at Harvard Law School.

However the list of the actor's awards is long,
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000032/awards

Meanwhile, Paul 1405 has decided that anyone who is dead is not worth reading. LOL

Onthebeach

Yep. Heston makes some pretty telling points and the worst of it is,similar examples could be found right here in OZ.

Political correctness (and the censorship and intimidation that follows with it) is not just some inconsequential fad, it is highly divisive and damaging.

otb,

You're at it again.

Assigning things to me that are simply not true.

Why do you persist in doing this?

My comment regarding Charlton Heston was in now way
meant to discredit the actor. I was merely stating an
opinion of the actor's performance in a play that my
husband and I saw in Los Angeles where the actor's
performance (in that particular play) left a lot to be
desired.

And you selectively left out the part where I was thrilled
to meet the actor afterwards backstage, and where I stated
what a gentleman he was, and a lovely man.

Yet you continue to assign all these derogatory things to
me. That simply is not playing fair Sir.
And smacks of bullying. Why do you persist in doing it with me?

cont'd ...

You are causing me a great deal of distress and
I simply don't know what else to do.
Do you get some sort of peverse pleasure from
other people's distress?

Seriously, this has got to stop.

Otherwise for health reasons, I shall be leaving
this forum due to your harrassment.
I simply can't take it anymore!

I am not the person you're painting me out to be
And I can no longer put up with it. I didn't take
you seriously at first - but now it simply has gone
too far. You have to stop it!

OUG>> the key..is obvious..[a..sacred/word=a s/word]
and thus sacred/words cut..thus doth a sharp tongue..cut

so much depends ..upon..the sacred/cow/word.<<

It's all about history OUG, you are addressing the psychological potential of using certain words, the “effect” but as you know the gravity we place on certain words comes from nurture not nature.

Lets example the term “Yid.”
It is a derivation of the descriptive “Yiddish” used broadly to describe followers of Judaism in Eastern Europe. Yid was used by non Jews to describe Jews; a derogatory sentiment was linked to the descriptive.
Today descendants of those Eastern Europeans who are three generations and 20,000 klms from their origins in Europe recognize that word as offensive and derogatory.

Although most take it as a negative slur I use the term “faggot” to describe male homosexuals with absolutely no connotation other than a descriptive. This comes from growing up in the birth place of the Australian Gay rights movement. I was young, it was young and the colloquial term for homosexuals was faggot or fag. The term “queer” was more offensive to that generation of fags.

I watched as “Camp” came into the Australian vocabulary, camp this camp that, there were locally produced camp newspapers and magazines, camp venues, everything was camp...for about 4 years then Camp was replaced by Gay overnight.

The reason that the pen is mightier than the sword is because emotions are mightier than logic.

Foxy>> Otherwise for health reasons, I shall be leaving
this forum due to your harrassment.
I simply can't take it anymore!<<

Lay off Beachie...this is not a blood sport...one contender has had enough....If you keep it up I will happily dissect and re arrange your thoughts...no offense.