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71Tele
I think some people cannot detect satire. Rocky is having some fun and definitely NOT taking himself seriously.

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with sssoul

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stones78
is this like a parody or ironic or something?

it's based on Nixon's resignation speech: [www.americanrhetoric.com]

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Thricenay

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with sssoul

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stones78
is this like a parody or ironic or something?

it's based on Nixon's resignation speech: [www.americanrhetoric.com]

Just as long as Gerald Ford doesn't come along to replace him.

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71Tele
Too many good posters leaving lately.

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with sssoul

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stones78
is this like a parody or ironic or something?

it's based on Nixon's resignation speech: [www.americanrhetoric.com]

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Rocky Dijon
In leaving it, I do so with this prayer: May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

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Gazza
"But always I have taken heart from what Gazza once said about the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is not effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deed, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievements and with the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly"


Thanks for remembering that one, Rocky. I was really "on" that day....I'd just taken all my vitamins.

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From4tilLate
Mmmmm... It's a message board. We're not curing cancer here.

It's a joke. It's based it on President Nixon's resignation speech.

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hbwriter
Rocky: It might be a good idea for you to disappear from IORR for a while. There's a Free French garrison over at Gazzaville [in French Equatorial Africa]. I could be induced to arrange a passage.

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From4tilLate
Yeah, what's up Rocky? I dig your posts too. What's so bad?

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Rocky Dijon
Good evening:

To those who have stood with me during these past difficult months, to my family, my friends, the many others who joined in supporting my cause because they believed it was right, I will be eternally grateful for your support. And to those who have not felt able to give me your support, let me say I leave with no bitterness toward those who have opposed me, because all of us in the final analysis have been concerned with the good of IORR, however our judgments might differ.

For more than a decade in public life, I have shared in the turbulent history of this board. I have fought for what I believe in. I have tried, to the best of my ability, to discharge those duties and meet those responsibilities that were entrusted to me. Sometimes I have succeeded. And sometimes I have failed. But always I have taken heart from what Gazza once said about the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is not effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deed, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievements and with the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

I pledge to you tonight that as long as I have a breath of life in my body, I shall continue in that spirit. I shall continue to work for the great causes to which I have been dedicated throughout my years as an IORRian, a poster, a know-it-all and wiseguy, the cause of peace -- not just for IORR but among all Stones message boards -- prosperity, justice and opportunity for all of our people. There is one cause above all to which I have been devoted and to which I shall always be devoted for as long as I live.

When I first registered to post online as an IORRian nigh on fifteen years ago, I made this sacred commitment: to consecrate my office, my energies, and all the wisdom I can summon to the cause of peace among IORRians. I've done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge. As a result of these efforts, I am confident that the internet is a safer place today, not only for the posters at IORR but for the posters of all Stones message boards, and that all of our children have a better chance than before of living in peace rather than dying in flame wars.

This, more than anything, is what I hoped to achieve when I sought to be Rocky Dijon. This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our board, as I leave Rocky Dijon behind. To have served in this capacity is to have felt a very personal sense of kinship with each and every IORRian. In leaving it, I do so with this prayer: May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.