It never bit T. Roosevelt, who might be labelled the "Luzon Monster," on the butt. How many people even now know anything about the ghastly pacification of the Philippines under McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft? [...]
Carrol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Heh heh heh.
All the 18 year olds in my Sociology class know... ...at least the ones that weren't sleeping (8 am class).
The professor was discussing the Filipino community in California... "taxi" dances, the union organizing, and why their presence on the west coast grew to the extent it did.
I brought up Mr. T, Mickey K, the war in the Phillipines and offered up a copy of "Addicted to War" that "just happened" to be in my computer bag, for further discussion.
The offer was graciously declined, but I did manage to get the prof to say the "G" word.
Genocide.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Univers(ity) says: "Always know where your agitprop is..."
Leigh Meyers leighcmeyers at yahoo.com