January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

therapy is something else to think about. Anyway, off with the computer and to
the airport holiday-bound. Happy Christmas to all, and I hope the New Year
brings prosperity and good health. Bye for now.|
|12/22/03 11:05:38 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Talk about
being duped, Jane Fonda was a naive young woman when she pulled that stunt in
Vietnam. She was duped by anti-American propoganda and I have heard she now
regrets her actions. Nevertheless, at the time she was a legal adult and she
should have been tried for treason. If posing with one of the very guns that
was killing American servicemen is not giving aid and comfort to the enemy, than
I don't know what is.Yes, the Nation of Islam used Ali for its own
purposes but like I said in an earlier post, I understand why blacks of that
time wouldn't want to fight for a country that talks about being for freedom and
than denies them that very freedom. The comment made by Ali, "aint no vietcog
ever called me nigger" makes sense in the context of the times.Saying
that I understand why blacks wouldn't have wanted to fight is not the same as
saying I wouldn't have fought in that war. I am not black and even though some
of my Native American ancestors were treated disgracefully, I am also white and
I have never faced any kind of out and out racial biased treatment personally.|
|12/22/03 11:49:49 PM|Forest Ward|South Carolina||Joekevin.com||||10|I have
never heard of Jane Fonda making apology for her actions during the Viet Nam
war. If she was to make an apology, that would require her to admit that she
was wrong; and she has never done that. She was not a "young" woman when she
made those statements. She was damn near 30 or very close to it. The soldiers
who fought in Viet Nam were young persons they were teenagers or in their early
20's. She went to Vassar college. She was educated and priviledged She knew
very well what she was doing. She is the type of person who in the year 2003
will tell you that Fidel Casto is a good man, and not a ruthless dictator. Tell
that to the politcal prisoner rotting in the Cuban jails for decadesI
suppose some of the people on this site would have liked to see her box. Me I
would push her in front of a train|
|12/23/03 12:05:35 AM|Gerry Schultz|Cleveland,
Ohio||jgschultz11@msn.com||||9|Some good comments on Frazier-Ali. Sorry Kookoo,
two of their fights are among the top five heavyweight fights of All-Time, have
any of your muscleheads of today staged anything approaching their fights? No,
not even close. Boxing fans will discuss Frazier-Ali in the next century. Ali
had the big points lead because of his reach and jab. Frazier, like Marciano,
lost a lot of points but won a lot of fights. That's because his 10-9s usually
hurt more than the other guy's 10-9 round. Pointswise, he wasn't in control of
Jerry in their first fight until round five, anyone watching could tell you it
was practically over by then. Ali did eat some punches versus Foreman, good
point, credit to Ali the fighter for handling George when that happened. I have
never been an Ali fan, because of what he did to Frazier ( their hatchet is not
buried, trust me ), for his plasticity, his overt racism and even anti-christian
statements. In showbusiness, everybody uses and everybody gets used, the key is
to get the benefit of both sides as much as possible. Ali clearly came out way
on the plus side of it, Frazier, who was simply a fighter and not very self-
promotional, did not. Joe, like Larry Holmes, came across as a very good blue-
collar guy, down to earth, approachable the way Jerry was, I'm still a fan. Ali,
meanwhile, ran a circus, and sometimes he had to let it run him. I give him
major credit for his politics regarding Vietnam and he used his fame to impact
America, which, agree/disagree with his views, is commendable. While I will
never be a fan of his, he is the best boxer I've ever seen, even ahead of
Leonard, Hearns, De La Hoya or Jones in their smaller classes. He took fights to
exotic venues and made the matches spectacles. I have to give him his fair
credit as a legendary figure in sports history, and again, I'm not a fan of his.
Too much personal sniping here guys, let's agree to disagree in this season of
peace, most everyone here has contributed something worth reading, if we all