RIP Charlton Heston

One of Americas greatest and most courageous actors - I think it's fitting that his date of death is right after MLKjr day, as he had the balls to march for civil rights back when the rest of Hollywood wouldn't even touch the race issue. I'll miss him. :(

I never liked him because of the gun issue, but if this is true then he gets a full salute from me, more than makes up for it. :salute:
 
I never liked him because of the gun issue, but if this is true then he gets a full salute from me, more than makes up for it. :salute:
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I never liked him because of the gun issue, but if this is true then he gets a full salute from me, more than makes up for it. :salute:

It's true. Unlike what Michael Moore would have us believe, just because a guy is a republican and a supporter of gun rights doesn't mean he is a nazi. I think this is something too often forgotten by the self-righteous left nowadays.
 
luiz said:
It's true. Unlike what Michael Moore would have us believe, just because a guy is a republican and a supporter of gun rights doesn't mean he is a nazi. I think this is something too often forgotten by the self-righteous left nowadays.
QFT.

I remember him best as Cardinal Richelieu in the 1973 Three Musketeers. Damn fine actor all 'round.
Yet another person I'd been discussing within a month of his death. :sad:
 
R.I.P. :(

Awesome man and a great actor. We've been watching Ben-Hur in our religion lessons for couple of weeks(yeah, I know, our religion teacher is great)(only one hour of religion per week, that's why we've been watching it for so long). Fabulous movie.
 
I never liked him because of the gun issue, but if this is true then he gets a full salute from me, more than makes up for it. :salute:

Very true, and not just in the "I'll do it just to make a statement and because it's stylish" thing that some actors do now - showing up for 2 hours at a fair trade concert. (Please note, I'm not against fair trade! Just flaky actors)

Instead, he put a lot of heart into his support of the civil rights movement - marching, attending rallies, and making frequent press statements. And he took a lot of flak for it too - it's probably the main reason his career took so long to take off during the 50s.

He stuck me as the kind of guy who always stood up for what he believed in, regardless of what people thought of him for doing so.

edit: and, FWIW, there were (and are) a good number of pro-civil rights Republicans. They were the anti-slavery party at their inception, and the party that freed the slaves under Lincoln - not all of them are turncoat Dixiecrats who joined the republicans in the 40s and 50s. (And, I'd argue, there aren't many of those still alive today. It's kind of a moot point)
 
Time to be getting that rifle then...

Spoiler :

I just had visions of being beaten up by a zombie CH, scary. :eek:
 
Farewell to an old campaigner.

He was last of the REAL men.

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