Braves Journal · Jun 14, 2016
The Alamo: Barves 8, Communists 9
[You can take the John Wayne version. You can pull it out of Disney’s “Davy Crockett.” You can take the Billy Bob Thornton version. It doesn’t matter. When you get to the end, the Alamo defenders lose. They all die (although in real life it is likely that around 6 including Crockett surrendered and were executed). I take the John Wayne version more directly. For one thing, the romanticization of the heroic defenders is more heightened, kind of like the Barves’ FO’s discussion of how much better 2016 old be. Also, you don’t get the whole, “but we only won at San Jacinto because they fell” thing.]