Emiliano Zapata was one of the very few great leaders Mexico ever had (a similar experience suffered by the French). He truly loved the Mexican people and fought...and died for them. While going to negotiate peace with Carranza, Carranza had him assassinated by the guards a the front gate when he arrived. Shelly Luther chose financial death over bending the knee. God blessed her through other people who still have values and the battle goes on. Zapata is an example of righteous rebellion and so is Shelly Luther. It is time to stand with her on this one.
Mejor morir de pie, que vivir de rodillas ~ Emiliano Zapata
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
“Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death” Patrick Henry
2 posted on
05/07/2020 5:25:14 AM PDT by
gattaca
("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
But was Zapata a Robin Hood, or was he a heroic crook whose history is being redefined?
He sure as hell killed a lot of people.
Methinks that Zapata’s personal principles were not as heroic as those of William Travis or Davey Crockett at the Alamo.
3 posted on
05/07/2020 5:28:02 AM PDT by
Candor7
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Patrick Henry – March 23, 1775
6 posted on
05/07/2020 5:41:20 AM PDT by
Alas Babylon!
(The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Shelly Luther chose financial death over bending the knee. She is risking actual death because the jails are infested with Wuhan flu.
8 posted on
05/07/2020 5:49:00 AM PDT by
Fiji Hill
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
No matter what the movie was great.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Was he related to Frank Zappa ta?
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery. Thomas Jefferson
11 posted on
05/07/2020 6:01:44 AM PDT by
cyclotic
(The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
""Better to live on your feet than die on your knees""
The Old Man
Catch 22
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
You guys aren't saying it with the proper flair, if I may offer a critique. History is fine, but allow me to offer this line from a great character in an okay movie that grows on you because of him.
"You're all gonna die. Only question is how you check out. Do you want it on your feet...or on your f***ing knees...begging? I ain't much for begging and nobody ever gave me nothin'. So I say, "F*** that thing! Let's fight it!" -Leonard Dillon, Alien 3
18 posted on
05/07/2020 7:12:12 AM PDT by
chris37
(China's Gift wasn't born in a bowl of bat soup.)
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