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Post by crzhrs on Jun 23, 2008 11:38:42 GMT -6
<On the other hand, adopting a handle of someone from the LBH battle is not misleading at all. I thought about adoping a persona but can't think of anyone I admire or would match up to that isn't already taken. There is no mistaking those personas as being from the real person. It actually helps in giving some insight into their posts as to who they identify with. Everyone I've read on these boards who use such names have the knowledge and dignity to honor said name>
Finally a voice of reason and sanity. Couldn't have said any better.
PS: I see you are not a heavy consumer of caffeine!
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Post by pohanka on Jun 23, 2008 15:00:52 GMT -6
Now, and only now, do I realize who Brian Pohanka was. Now, I will share with the forum why I chose the name. I have long been the owner of "The Custer Myth" by W.A. Graham. In fact, I had the book for so long it was beginning to fall apart. Recently I purchased new edition, paper back style. I lay the book on my desk. A short time later, while applying for this forum, I noticed the name on the bottom portion of the paper book, "With a new introduction by Brian C. Pohanka." For no other reason than liking the sound of the name I chose it for my board persona. In the past, I have attempted to use a variety of names which have been rejected due to its being "used" by others.
I have never read anything (to my recollection) by Mr. Pokanka. Being 1/2 Native America Indian, the Lakota, Mr. Pohanka's name sounded good to me.
Although I did not know Mr. Pohanka I am sorry for his recent passing and, any confusion and distaste I may have generated.
Most of all I thank the "voice of reason and sanity" for understanding how something like this could have innocently occurred.
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Post by crzhrs on Jun 24, 2008 6:46:55 GMT -6
Pohanka:
A very good explanation.
PS: It's not the name but the character of the person that matters . . . (hopefully that will hold in the next Presidential election)
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Post by AZ Ranger on Jun 24, 2008 7:26:24 GMT -6
I I believe the person making that statement was trying to indicate standing ( last stand) for a length of time indicating bravery. Just as likely rapid shots not hitting anything from the same pattern on the ground. AZ Ranger No AZ, I was not. I made no reference to "time" at all. The point I was attempting to make was this. At no other battle location did witnesses make reference to an amount of spent cartridges comparable to Calhoun Hill. This, of course, does not indicate "bravery", it merely indicates that soldiers appeared to utilize their weapons on a grander scale than elsewhere. It wasn't your statement I was referring to. It was the statements made to the widows of the hard fight their spouses put up before dying. AZ Ranger
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Post by AZ Ranger on Jun 24, 2008 7:39:22 GMT -6
Pohanka: A very good explanation. PS: It's not the name but the character of the person that matters . . . (hopefully that will hold in the next Presidential election) I would have thought your association with keogh and using his laptop computer with realbird as your alias would have been sufficient reason for you to understand the issues. Using the name of someone from LBH is much different than someone who was alive in the last 10 years and an authority on LBH. AZ Ranger Joe, what's wrong with the name McCain?
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Post by crzhrs on Jun 24, 2008 8:47:35 GMT -6
<I would have thought your association with keogh and using his laptop computer with realbird as your alias would have been sufficient reason for you to understand the issues. AZ Ranger Joe, what's wrong with the name McCain?> ?? No idea what you are talking about. I wasn't talking about McCain . . . it was Barack Obama. PS: Pohanka explained fully he was not aware of the "real" Pohanka. Unless otherwise proven, gotta believe him.
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Post by clw on Jun 24, 2008 10:07:29 GMT -6
Someone needs to break out dc's handpuppets, cuz I got lost several posts back. Not unusual though.
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jun 24, 2008 10:25:31 GMT -6
"PS: Pohanka explained fully he was not aware of the "real" Pohanka. Unless otherwise proven, gotta believe him."
BUT he knew it was the name of a contemporary historian and admitted to grabbing it off a book. I expressed my feeling that it was unsettling to me. Those who also knew Brian might have the same reaction. It is disturbing to have the name of a deceased friend used here. That's all. I didn't ask him to change it.
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Post by crzhrs on Jun 24, 2008 10:37:13 GMT -6
Diane:
I can see someone who knew Brian as being upset. That's fully understandable. From my take on things I don't believe the "other" Pohanka intentionally tried to use the name as an insult or out of disrespect.
However, I share your feelings about the recent passing of Brian and the sorrow of losing a friend.
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Post by clw on Jun 24, 2008 10:41:19 GMT -6
It is disturbing to have the name of a deceased friend used here. I can certainly understand that, Diane. The whole concept of using the names of those who have passed is... I can't explain it. Nevermind.
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Post by biggordie on Jun 24, 2008 11:44:30 GMT -6
Since I am doing reasonably well on my recycled diet, I may have to change my forum name to mediumgordie. When I first joined, I was going to use the name George W. Yates, but something stopped me.............
Gordie
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Post by AZ Ranger on Jun 24, 2008 14:36:50 GMT -6
<I would have thought your association with keogh and using his laptop computer with realbird as your alias would have been sufficient reason for you to understand the issues. AZ Ranger Joe, what's wrong with the name McCain?> ?? No idea what you are talking about. I wasn't talking about McCain . . . it was Barack Obama. PS: Pohanka explained fully he was not aware of the "real" Pohanka. Unless otherwise proven, gotta believe him. My error crzhrs , sorry it should have read his association rather than your association since I was referring to Wiggs. No caffine yet when it was written.
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Post by crzhrs on Jun 24, 2008 15:38:48 GMT -6
AZ:
OK . . . no problem.
Try Jolt . . . it hits the spot!
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Post by Dark Cloud on Jun 24, 2008 16:47:57 GMT -6
"Everyone I've read on these boards who use such names have the knowledge and dignity to honor said name" Indeed. Custerstillstands, custerwest really fluffed out the Boy General's reputation. And then, Wiggs as a Realbird and now Pohanka. So honored, I'm sure. Again, read the Benteen's Orders threads on the AAO board. www.mohicanpress.com/messageboard2/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=145&whichpage=1 And what, pray tell Oh Canadian, was the problem with harpskiddie?
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Post by biggordie on Jun 24, 2008 20:24:35 GMT -6
dc:
I thought I'd be able to sneak back, unnoticed, so that I could post outlandish theories and such, and that noone would notice that harpskiddie had signed his posts "Gordie" or that biggordie did likewise, and if they happened to notice that they had the same Email address, they'd write it off to coincidence. Unfortunately, I forgot that you were still lurking hereabouts, and would undoubtedly catch me out.
I haven't had a chance to make up anything too outlandish since my return, however, being caught up in the euphoria of being able to scan my already-made-up stuff into Word, where I have now finished editing and "finalizing" it. I've just finished updating my Source List and Bibliography, and have added several dozen fabricated sources. Of course, nobody will notice, since nobody ever checks sources anyway. Besides which, I intend to publish under my real name [I'll use all three, so that perspicacious readers will know right away that the whole thing is unreliable].
I thought that harpskiddie or biggordie would seem too learned for a book about The fights on the Little Horn. My collected poems did not sell very well under the name biggordie, except in San Francisco, where they appreciate swell poetry and neat monikers.
Gordie
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