"The motorcycle that Larry uses as a getaway vehicle is a rare 1942 Harley Davidson XA Military Side Valve 750cc Flat Twin with attached sidecar. This was Harley's copy of the German BMW/Zundapp military motorcycles."
Posted on 06/18/2009 6:15:58 PM PDT by Daffynition
RAPID CITY, S.D. - Custer rides again, although he's atop a plastic motorcycle and in a McDonald's Happy Meal box.
And that doesn't sit well with some in the Native American community.
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer was killed in 1876 along the Little Big Horn River by Native Americans he aimed to destroy.
But Hollywood brought him back to life as a character in the Ben Stiller comedy “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” which opened in theaters May 22. McDonald's included characters from the movie as toys in its kid-sized Happy Meals.
The fast food chain's decision to circulate the toy in Indian Country is akin to circulating a Hitler figure in Israel, according to Laurette Pourier, executive director for the Society for the Advancement of Native Interests-Today. “It's insensitive and disrespectful.”
“We are oral historians, and Custer's escapades are not far from our hearts,” said Paula Long Fox, a guidance counselor for the Rapid City School District. “Custer didn't kill Indians or Natives, he killed relatives.”
The majority of the U.S. Army's victims were friendly Native Americans who would not run, Long Fox said. The military campaigns against Native Americans were driven by the government's desire to acquire land without any consideration for Native Americans as human beings, she said.
“It was dehumanizing and not honest,” Long Fox said. “It really left hard feelings.”
How about another toy of the Indian Chief that won the battle? that should do it....then little kids could do the battle all over again.
/johnny
Like Obama Said, “We won. Get over it!”
Actually, it looks more like Ronald McDonald — they just forgot the nose.
The entire matter of the treatment of Native American people is a tragedy. Custer is a well-known historical figure of that period but is not considered a "hero" by either side of the dispute. In fact, Custer is considered by most today to be a prime example of the wrong thinking of the day. His likeness riding a motorcycle as a movie character is a curiosity but should not be considered an offense because his likeness is recognizable to audiences in a movie about history.
Mrs. Custer wrote some vivid books about their years on campaign. Her experiences are filtered through the eyes of a Victorian widow who wants everyone to view her late husband as a hero. Good reading, though.
Roll the toy backwards, stick the card in and it takes off. It’s pretty cool. My kids ended up with several of these.
"The motorcycle that Larry uses as a getaway vehicle is a rare 1942 Harley Davidson XA Military Side Valve 750cc Flat Twin with attached sidecar. This was Harley's copy of the German BMW/Zundapp military motorcycles."
“So? Take the toy to the parking lot and kick his a$$ again.”
Post of the Day!
Custer on a motorcycle is a little odd, but y’know, it could be worse...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custer%27s_Revenge
HAHAHA!
I agree with you but notice you did not type in the word bitch...
Last night i posted a Blazing Saddles comment relating to we will take the Ch*inks and the Ni**ers but not the Irish,i did the same thing..
Now i have nothing against blacks or chinese,but i contemplated if i should post the full text..
Good God, this nation has gone soft. Whining about a plastic TOY?
Talk about adding insult to injury
ROFL...you're right!
Yea, they were invented just after the first super computer and cell phone.
Autos came later.
I think that’s an Indian M/C... LOL at them.
If Indians can complain how about Southeners?
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