On 12/11/2010 5:17 PM, Paco wrote:
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> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 12/10/2010 7:23 PM, Paco wrote:
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>>> Do you need a new Googler, too? The Korean War ended in 1953. Elvis was
>>> drafted in 1958.
>>
>> Depends on your point of view. We can say that the war is over but
>> nether side in the conflict is willing to admit that. This is fairly
>> typical of Koreans - they're pretty adamant folks. Technically, it's
>> still on. Sorry to muddy the waters.
>
> Didn't muddy the waters. You merely interjected information that is
> quite irrelevant to the sub thread; not that this has ever happened in
> this group before! ;-) While it is most likely true that the North and
> the South will never have a great big group hug at the DMZ, history has
> recorded that the major hostilities of the Korean War ended in 1953.
> Elvis Presley's service in the U.S. Army, commencing in 1958, would have
> had a miniscule or non-existent impact upon the conflict called the
> Korean War. (Wow! That was verbose!) Besides the point is moot; Sheldon
> and Jill, having both been corrected on their erroneous statements have
> ceased to participate, as some are wont to do, after their statements
> have been proven false. Some people just won't let facts cloud their
> beliefs.
>

It was pretty irrelevant and trivial to boot but that's the kind of guy
I am. I always thought that the irrelevant is pretty much the coat rack
that Usenet denezens like to hang their arguments upon. Unfortunately,
you're probably a guy that likes to cut the crap so it must be admitted
that Elvis would have known that there was no shooting war going on
prior to his enlistment. It's also true that some folks just ain't into
history or music. :-)