Talk:Russel L. Honoré

message: I've seen both spellings.
--RobbieFal 21:40, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russel or Russell 

message: I'd like to know the source for the African American paragraph.129.252.234.61 06:21, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  African American? 

message: If you are questioning whether Gen Russel Honoré is black because of a picture than you are in for a big surprise if you have not seen many Creoles.  I am a little offended that people would call him a "Raging Cajun" because Cajun and Creole have been confused for many years and he is NOT Cajun at all.  In Louisiana, we tend to see the Cajuns as really country and sometimes racist people.  As for him being African American many Creoles tend to claim they are.  My grandparents are Creoles and are actually much more lighter than General Honoré...In Louisiana especially in those French cultural background areas the coulour of the skin less defines the culture of the person.
Honoré (yes my name is Honoré too)
The fact of the matter is that many people just do not know their our family history or background. "Americans" are the only people on Earth that associate skin color with race i.e. Black, White, Spanish (when they should say Hispanic ot Latino) etc.. I am an Honore', fathers parents (Creole-grandfather/German-grandmother) & my mothers parents (African-American or Black, of African origin) I look just like Russel (my cousin) and I get "are you Hispanic?" or people speak spanish to me all the time. People I work with everyday think I am Puerto Rican. So just know that a lack of understanding people, their culture may place you in an embarrasing moment one day. Oh by the way I consider myself an "American" with a dash of everything that would make a spicy gumbo good..
:You, Sir or Ma'am, have obviously never, ever, traveled outside of your safe American bubble while serving your country overseas or even as a mere tourist in another country if you think even for a second that the US is more racist then any other country in the world.  Even in bleeding heart liberal Europe, racism is alive and well and in many cases institutionalized by racist laws and regulations.  I have seen it with my own eyes and my minority friends have experienced it.  Get some education and travel a bit before you beat down and turn away from the bosom of your own country.  Veriss (talk) 05:09, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Have to agree with Veriss. The all-encompassing claim "Americans" are the only people on Earth that associate skin color with race" simply smacks of ignorance & a person who believes whatever he reads or hears from others as being the honest truth. Over 13 years in the military, 3 conflicts, I have visited my fair share of other countries. I have seen every continent except ONE ... that being Africa, although I would love to & fully intend to within a few years. (Yes, I've spent time in Antarctica also, ironically the ONLY place where I saw almost NO racism or sexism, although well-mixed in comparison to most other specific locales. But granted my time & areas of visit were limited.) There are MANY non-American countries where skin color determines your place in society. Some of them do this in a way which would make American-style racism look very tame. And most telling, a few of those countries are the very ones often cited as most "color friendly" by ones who do not personally know the exact situations there ... a group which quite obviously includes yourself.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.159.69.146 (talk) 10:20, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colours are not what they seem in Louisiana 

message: I think there should be some mention of his habit of ending sentences with "Over", whenever he's talking to the press.--Kross | Talk 11:11, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That "habit", is a reflection of a military man accustomed to years of communicating over poor comms links with long delays.  "Over" is a standard military communications term taught in the first week of radio-telephone operators training and to all military personnel who may use radios that indicates that the speaker has finished their statement and is ready for the other party to respond.  Those interviews in question may have been conducted over satellite relays which are notorious for long delays which can result in both parties "stepping" on each other due to the delays of transmission during a discussion.  His use of "over" during those satellite interviews is natural of all military personnel and anyone thinking it is a nervous tick or habit is indicative of the complainant having never served in or having been associated with operational military personnel.  Veriss (talk) 05:20, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  His odd habit 

message: I've heard attributed to him a quote that goes something like "You're looking at your calendar and I'm looking at my watch!" which was used to motivate those he perceived as laggardly. Can't find a good source for it.
It's a colorful quote that might shed some light on his character. Would be cool to include it.
BradDixon (talk) 19:34, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source for the watch / calendar quote 

message: I'm going to look for some, as a Bronze Star for heroism or bravery is, I believe, the 4th highest such award in the US military, and the details would be worth noting in the article.  If anyone has details already, that would be great. Gnarlyhotep (talk) 22:01, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Details on Bronze Star? 

message: Hey, Sbowers3, I'm kind of mystified. You reverted most of the edits I worked so hard on yesterday and deleted some other material. You spoke of reverting a "good faith edit" of 1/7, but there weren't any changes made that day. You spoke of restoring lost material, but you caused a lot of what I thought were improvements to become lost. I was going to just revert your whole edit, but there are some miscellaneous changes you made which I need to study to make sure I don't mess up anything that should be preserved.
Can we talk? Please leave a note here and maybe we can work together and produce a better page.
DutchmanInDisguise (talk) 00:24, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  What are you doing? 

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