tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post116890413445371698..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Cowboysambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1168931419779014892007-01-16T00:10:00.000-07:002007-01-16T00:10:00.000-07:00"Didn't I tell you he'd not shoot?" the dealer pur...<I>"Didn't I tell you he'd not shoot?" the dealer pursued with complacence. "You got ready to dodge. You had no cal to be concerned. He's not the kind a man need feel anxious about."</I><BR/><BR/><I>The player looked over at the Virginian, doubtfully. "Well," he said, "I don't know what you folks would call a dangerous man."</I><BR/><BR/><I>"Not him!" exclaimed the dealer, with admiration. "He's a brave man. That's different."</I><BR/><BR/><I>The player seemed to follow this reasoning no better than I did.</I><BR/><BR/><I>"It's not a brave man that's dangerous," continued the dealer. "It's the cowards that scare me."</I><BR/><BR/>—Owen Wister, <I>The Virginian</I><BR/><BR/>Owen's ideal, however reality-based, was born in print of the fictive variety ten or so years after "the thieves brought ruin on themselves as well" and had a good sixty year run, but then a guy named Peckinpah killed him at the end of <I>Ride the High Country</I> and this time, in moving pictures of the fictive variety, he wasn't resurrected (though he had a long death scene on the small screen.) Enter the Man With No Name and the Wild Bunch.<BR/><BR/><I>Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man!</I><BR/><BR/><I>Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend.</I><BR/><BR/>Tonight I can read <I>The Virginian</I> and/or <I>Cities of the Plain</I> and watch <I>Ride the High Country</I> and/or <I>Unforgiven</I>. <BR/><BR/>It's all good.lonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329414340481290010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1168921875015049172007-01-15T21:31:00.000-07:002007-01-15T21:31:00.000-07:00buddy,Don't forget a good fast Internet connection...buddy,<BR/><BR/>Don't forget a good fast Internet connection.MeaninglessHotAirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11767916621253839341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1168919874454568542007-01-15T20:57:00.000-07:002007-01-15T20:57:00.000-07:00Ah, give me the Old West over this shit, anytime. ...Ah, give me the Old West over this shit, anytime. <BR/><BR/>But, air conditioning, i want that. And a fridge. and a tv.buddy larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760847873026506988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1168909608939241222007-01-15T18:06:00.000-07:002007-01-15T18:06:00.000-07:00Not forever, Skook.Not forever, Skook.Charlie Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506407851173416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1168907912992360972007-01-15T17:38:00.001-07:002007-01-15T17:38:00.001-07:00"Once upon a time Cowboys defined what was best ab..."Once upon a time Cowboys defined what was best about America."<BR/><BR/>Well, if you ignore the holes punched in the dorm walls. Some cowboys these days are drifters, and I suspect it was always so.<BR/><BR/>But I get your point, and admit to a certain pride in a picture of three of my great uncles herding cattle in Texas back around 1900.chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164145672293455823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1168907590602024512007-01-15T17:33:00.000-07:002007-01-15T17:33:00.000-07:00ed:I should hope so. If they are not too tame.ed:<BR/><BR/>I should hope so. If they are not too tame.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1168906472454065832007-01-15T17:14:00.000-07:002007-01-15T17:14:00.000-07:00Terrye,"Once upon a time Cowboys defined what was ...Terrye,<BR/>"Once upon a time Cowboys defined what was best about America."<BR/><BR/>Assuming they are reasonably well raised, they still do.Ed onWestSlopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09852314242739833333noreply@blogger.com