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Is is politically incorrect to show respect for those that died in WWII potecting our freedom? Is it uncool to mention that on this day,7 decades ago, the Japanese attacked Pearl which started our involvement in a war with their nation? Unfortunately, the rewriting of reality, ellimination of truisms, and distortions are typical of what is in our history textbooks today. Today's society is more obsessed with making people feel good and political correctness than the realities from which we can learn and strive for a better world. Shame on your Charlotte Observer. You are truly the Charlotte Disturber.
Amazing. It's also the 40th Anniversary of the takeoff Nasa's last manned mission to the Moon.
The Charlotte Observer has ceased to be relevant. It's at best a tabloid full of adverts, reprints of AP articles with no context and a very few non-area specific articles churned out by McClatchy. They fired all their good talent and out-sourced much of their production. I doubt it will be around a decade from now.
(I don't know if the Moon anniversary is mentioned in the paper or not because I no longer bother with the Observer.)
It's also the 40th Anniversary of the takeoff Nasa's last manned mission to the Moon.
The Charlotte Observer has ceased to be relevant. It's at best a tabloid full of adverts, reprints of AP articles with no context and a very few non-area specific articles churned out by McClatchy. They fired all their good talent and out-sourced much of their production. I doubt it will be around a decade from now.
(I don't know if the Moon anniversary is mentioned in the paper or not because I no longer bother with the Observer.)
My next project is to cancel my subscription. Other than the crossword puzzle and an occasional coupon, it is the worst newspaper that I have ever had delivered to my door. Hell, is Grit still around? LOL!
There's a front page article on the attack with a picture. A woman wrote a story 71 years ago for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin directed at Hawaii's women. It wasn't published because editors thought the graphic content would be too upsetting.
There's also a mention on Page 10B. Today in History.
What paper are you looking at? I worry lot more about the credibility of posters on this web site than I do about the Observer's service to the community.
There's a front page article on the attack with a picture. A woman wrote a story 71 years ago for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin directed at Hawaii's women. It wasn't published because editors thought the graphic content would be too upsetting.
There's also a mention on Page 10B. Today in History.
What paper are you looking at? I worry lot more about the credibility of posters on this web site than I do about the Observer's service to the community.
Thank you. I am always amazed how a baseless complaint gets spread around like it was the truth.
There's a front page article on the attack with a picture. A woman wrote a story 71 years ago for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin directed at Hawaii's women. It wasn't published because editors thought the graphic content would be too upsetting.
There's also a mention on Page 10B. Today in History.
What paper are you looking at? I worry lot more about the credibility of posters on this web site than I do about the Observer's service to the community.
I suppose what is good enough for you isn't good enough for me. The article is about Elizabeth McIntosh and her personal experience. It wasn't a tribute. Get it?
The subject of this thread is "Pearl Harbor Day, no mention in Observer." There are two mentions of Pearl Harbor in today's Observer. One is on the front page. The point of the article is that many people were affected by the attack.
The article is about Elizabeth McIntosh and her personal experience. Maybe you didn't understand that? I am concerned about the soldiers, sailors and airmen that were caught in this attack, not her personal experience. I would like to have seen a tribute to our military. I guess those that haven't served don't care about this sort of thing.
You said there was no mention. You made that up. The thing about a newspaper is that it presents new information. It's not a dry history magazine. This gives a new angle on the event. We have heard the stories of soldiers and sailors ad nauseum in the 71 years since this happened. There are plenty of tributes out there. You really enjoy getting offended over imagined sleights, don't you?
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I'm a baby boomer. My father was drafted into the army-air corps & my mother was a "Rosie the Riveter" in a foundry during WWII. I'd rather read a first-hand account of what happened to the civilians & survivors than yet another empty tribute to the military victims.
Written accounts bring events to life in a way that a tribute never does.
I'm a baby boomer. My father was drafted into the army-air corps & my mother was a "Rosie the Riveter" in a foundry during WWII. I'd rather read a first-hand account of what happened to the civilians & survivors than yet another empty tribute to the military victims.
Written accounts bring events to life in a way that a tribute never does.
A draftee? Wow!! I thought that practically everyone volunteered to serve in that war. I understand your not seeing a tribute as being a salute to those that gave their lives. I personally don't care to read about a personal experience when thousands died.
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