tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post2140328923882732077..comments2023-12-31T03:18:37.403-06:00Comments on "E pur si muove!": Damn! Another Hero Bites the Dust!Lester Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-83214180754602383772011-07-19T11:14:07.620-05:002011-07-19T11:14:07.620-05:00I have thought about the other three survivors and...I have thought about the other three survivors and my conclusion for their lack of comment is that they were all dead by the time the book was published. The world was at war when they reached India. All three men, being the adventurous types described in the book, probably would have been a part of the war effort somewhere. It is likely that all three died in that effort. <br /><br />I wonder about Katrina's story. The death of her apparently well-to-do parents should be on record somewhere in Poland. Has anyone ever tried to run that incident to ground?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722779156441840460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-3310943760481951882011-02-14T13:33:09.393-06:002011-02-14T13:33:09.393-06:00That's a very good question. I've never s...That's a very good question. I've never seen anyone discussing that. Maybe that means there are no records. On a related note, I suspect that maybe the most damning evidence against SR is that none of the other people in his book ever resurfaced, even when the book became pretty well-known. Seems like they should have, at least the American Mr. Smith.Lester Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-15864848727325422982011-02-14T12:07:55.733-06:002011-02-14T12:07:55.733-06:00I just finished this book and was looking for what...I just finished this book and was looking for what happened later - it could very well be a hoax. On the other hand, the Russians may very well not have wanted to admit the escape, especially if Rawicz got help from insiders. Do the records show the other names?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-9368078053431306382009-05-17T22:08:00.000-05:002009-05-17T22:08:00.000-05:00Not so strange. According to Rawicz, his cavalry ...Not so strange. According to Rawicz, his cavalry charge was the <I>last</I> to take place in Europe. The reason there were no more seems obvious.Lester Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-39354362382052863032009-05-17T20:21:00.000-05:002009-05-17T20:21:00.000-05:00Strange reasoning: Poland had a cavalry in 1939 --...Strange reasoning: Poland had a cavalry in 1939 -- no wonder they lost. You know nothing about war. Cavalry was very effective formation in this region (and in USSR for example). Find real reasons :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-39231118708705133872008-04-05T10:14:00.000-05:002008-04-05T10:14:00.000-05:00Having only fictional heroes is another possible c...Having only fictional heroes is another possible compromise, in addition to having only dead ones. [It just occurred to me that most, or all, religious narratives are examples of this, in effect. At any rate, the <I>other</I> guy's religion-story is always fictional.] But that only serves one of the two purposes I wrote about here: it would help to clarify what the ideal means, but it cannot show that it is possible, that it can actually exist. It can only show that it is conceivable.Lester Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-63150755387087498182008-04-05T09:57:00.000-05:002008-04-05T09:57:00.000-05:00What's wrong with adopting fictional heroes as mod...What's wrong with adopting fictional heroes as models of our ideals? (<I>They</I> will never disappoint you by being proved untrue!)"Q" the Enchanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246928390589072951noreply@blogger.com