[meteorite-list] Thomas Jefferson & Weston

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:41:26 -0500
Message-ID: <84692C060859466A969E63899EEC8F80_at_ATARIENGINE2>

Right, I was too lazy to go get the DVD and
actually check the lines. Went to the DVD
and you are right (at 1hr 7m into the movie).

When a thing becomes a stereotype or an icon
or a stock cultural reference, it acquires a life
of its own. It's true even if it isn't true; it never
dies and it never goes away.

I saw "Treasure" at a drive-in movie in McAllen,
Texas, when I was nine, my first drive-in movie
and the first time I saw Bogart. It made a big
impression on me, and I've probably seen it
5-6 times since. Still, stereotypes are powerful
mind-altering memes, it appears.


Sterling K. Webb
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Thomas Jefferson & Weston


> Sterling,
>
> Sorry but you're wrong, you're quoting the parody of the line from
> Blazing Saddles.
> The actual quote is
> Dobbs: 'If you're the police where are your badges?'
> Gold Hat: 'Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I
> don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!'
>
> I shouldn't have to explain that irony is a literary device where you
> feign ignorance for comic effect.
>
> So while Sagan did say Billions and Billions in his book title,
> Alfonso Bedoya never said: "We don't need no stinking badges".
>
> I should know, I've seen both movies, dozens of times.
>
> Phil (Get a grip Dobsie!) Whitmer
>
>
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