Last night a few folks came over for dinner to welcome the New Year. Actually, they came over for dinner and then left to go to the Bonfire in Mid-City to welcome in the New Year. I was so tired I actually skipped out on the Bonfire and fell asleep before midnight. Lame, perhaps, but I woke up this morning with a refreshed feeling and that was nice.
During the course of conversation, my earlier post Milk was discussed. A few folks had read the post yet failed to comment. I won't mention names, but you know who you are. Ariel pointed out that my facts were incorrect. Harvey told the specific line we discussed not to his younger lover but to another young actor in the film. In the moment, I of course, disagreed. So, today I received the following Facebook messages from Ariel:
"Harvey Milk: [to Cleve Jones] You're going to meet the most extraordinary men, the sexiest, brightest, funniest men, and you're going to fall in love with so many of them, and you won't know until the end of your life who your greatest friends were or your greatest love was.
IMDB backs me up on the fact that it was said to Cleve Jones. :-P Enjoy your run, athlete."
and then ..........
"P.S. Cleve Jones wasn't his lover, it was the prostitute kid who went on to do the AIDS quilt. His lover was Scott Smith."
So, I publicly admit I was wrong. I'm also giving folks another opportunity to voice their opinions on the quote above. Come on, you can do it, post a comment dammit.
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I do not wish for the quote to be true. For I am living my life in an attempt to find love, if not the greatest love, just fantastic every breathe you take feels wonderful type of love.
And I also do not wish that my knowledge of my "greatest" love would not come until the end of my life.
Not sure Trisha if this is the kind of comment you are looking for on Harvey Milk's statement.
I have avoided the movie for it would be difficult for me to see. My problem does not have anything to do with any Gay issue. My feelings for Harvey Milk are most positive.
He was a citizen who help changed the world and more particularly Our Country for the better.
And, like others who did the same, he was taken away too quickly and by violence.
If I have taken the discussion away from where it was to go, please forgive me.
That's precisely why I viewed it as sad Harry. Ariel, I think, viewed the idea of sharing parts of one's life with different folks who were special as uplifting. I don't disagree with her point, but what bothered me the most was the part about not knowing who was your greatest love until the end of your life.
I suppose if you got to the end of your life and realized the person you'd spent the majority of your time with was your "greatest friend" that wouldn't be so bad. But the thought of opting out of your "greatest love" for the perhaps more comfortable "greatest friend" makes me a little blue. I guess what I'd really like is to find both my greatest friend and greatest love in one person ---- but don't we all :)
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