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Quotation of the Day for November 17, 2003
"Observations from a Belgrade citizen: All through the American bombing of the city, people were flocking to see (American) movies at the local multiplex. I asked him, 'does that reflect a schizophrenic attitude towards America?' His answer: We know that Americans like stories with good guys and bad guys, without bothering to learn a lot about the history involved, and at that moment, we were the bad guys. He also said the films got through, despite the embargo and the sanctions, and pointed out that the money went to the American studios, laundered neatly through third countries, thereby sparing them the obloquy of being sanction-busters. Final note: like most of his friends, he sent his wife and kids to another European country during the bombing. Then he and his friends who remained had, he said, the best parties anyone in Europe could remember."
- Satirist Harry Shearer in his Le Blast newsletter of 2003/11/06.
[The submitter notes: In addition to being the voices of a large plurality of the citizens of Springfield on the animated series The Simpsons, Harry has hosted the weekly radio program Le Show for the last 20 years. See http://www.harryshearer.com/.]
Submitted by: John S. Karabaic
Nov. 10, 2003