From: "knarftheriault
Don't be so defensive, Bob.
Did I say there was something wrong with putting your flag all over?
I was responding to John who, if I understood him correctly, seemed
to be saying that the moon landing was not an American event but a
world event, then citing Armstrong's famous "Small step for man"
speech as proof of same because he didn't say "small step for an
American."
BTW, I agree with the whole Cold War thing that you raise. Sputnik
and Gagarin humiliated the US. You came from quite a long way behind
to put everything together to make the moon first.
Quite an achievement, really.
But the whole flag waving thing was part of the "putting it to the
Russkies and showing the world who's system is best" extravaganza.
And you had every right to do that. I have no problem with it at
all.
What I was trying to say was that it was not *only* an American event.
--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
[email protected]
http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow
the directions.
