Comments on: John Dillinger by Dary Matera http://www.lettersonpages.com/2008/08/john-dillinger-by-dary-matera/ The Best Non-Fiction Book Reviews...Ever Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:46:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Bill smith http://www.lettersonpages.com/2008/08/john-dillinger-by-dary-matera/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 Bill smith Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:03:49 +0000 http://www.lettersonpages.com/?p=62#comment-1076 Please see my dillinger collection on facebook > http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Dillinger-Gangster-Newspapers/139990666023946 Please see my dillinger collection on facebook > http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Dillinger-Gangster-Newspapers/139990666023946

]]> By: zf http://www.lettersonpages.com/2008/08/john-dillinger-by-dary-matera/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 zf Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:51:00 +0000 http://www.lettersonpages.com/?p=62#comment-1069 Dillinger was a bastard, pure and simple. he was no "Robin Hood", most of his money went on booze, cars and whores. His occasional tossing of a few crumbs hear and there to the "oppressed" masses was a twisted PR stunt to make him look good and turn the police and FBI into the villains. He allowed his sick gang to do all the murdering, so that he could cynically claim that he never killed anybody. What's even sicker is the weak-minded masses who supported him. The fact that the people of the time were so convinced of their inherent saintliness and that everything bad that happened to them was never their fault but the "evil" banks and thus took a weak-minded moral relativist view that it was okay to steal and rob and terrorize people as long as those people were unpopular and lived their life in a way the masses deemed "wrong." That lazy attitude of "morality only when it's convenient and popular" that festered through society was disgustedly capitalized by the smear merchant Dillinger. (And lead to other criminals being celebrated, like the viscous and despicable Bonnie and Clyde.) Sorry, but you don't lose your rights to be free from crime just because a bunch of sheep does not like the way you exorcise your rights. "(note: apparently a lot of the banks WERE crooked and set up robberies with Dillinger in order to launder money and get insurance payouts)." Says who? Where is the evidence? And if that is true, than how does that make Dillinger a good guy? Isn't that helping the 'evil' bankers bilk the "proletariat" and profiting from it himself? But really, FDR deserves some of the blame to. When you scapegoat and demonize a class of people (in this case, bankers) like he did you get that kind of lionizing criminality and anti-police mentality from the populace. Dillinger was a bastard, pure and simple. he was no “Robin Hood”, most of his money went on booze, cars and whores. His occasional tossing of a few crumbs hear and there to the “oppressed” masses was a twisted PR stunt to make him look good and turn the police and FBI into the villains. He allowed his sick gang to do all the murdering, so that he could cynically claim that he never killed anybody. What’s even sicker is the weak-minded masses who supported him. The fact that the people of the time were so convinced of their inherent saintliness and that everything bad that happened to them was never their fault but the “evil” banks and thus took a weak-minded moral relativist view that it was okay to steal and rob and terrorize people as long as those people were unpopular and lived their life in a way the masses deemed “wrong.” That lazy attitude of “morality only when it’s convenient and popular” that festered through society was disgustedly capitalized by the smear merchant Dillinger. (And lead to other criminals being celebrated, like the viscous and despicable Bonnie and Clyde.) Sorry, but you don’t lose your rights to be free from crime just because a bunch of sheep does not like the way you exorcise your rights.

“(note: apparently a lot of the banks WERE crooked and set up robberies with Dillinger in order to launder money and get insurance payouts).”

Says who? Where is the evidence? And if that is true, than how does that make Dillinger a good guy? Isn’t that helping the ‘evil’ bankers bilk the “proletariat” and profiting from it himself?

But really, FDR deserves some of the blame to. When you scapegoat and demonize a class of people (in this case, bankers) like he did you get that kind of lionizing criminality and anti-police mentality from the populace.

]]> By: 7ony Stewart http://www.lettersonpages.com/2008/08/john-dillinger-by-dary-matera/comment-page-1/#comment-816 7ony Stewart Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:12:26 +0000 http://www.lettersonpages.com/?p=62#comment-816 John Dillinger was actually killed 14 moths after his release from prison. He survived from May 1933 to July 1934. Also it was the Kansas City Massacre event that caused new laws to be passed enabling agents to carry weapons, not Dillinger. I have read Dary Matera's book that was written for Joe Pinkston and I agree...it is an excellent book! There were actually some scenes from his book used in the new Public Enemies movie with Johnny Depp. Yes, it is shocking that law enforcement was allowed to pose with their prey, and the public were also allowed to view the body while still warm in the morgue. Good points! Respectfully, 7ony Stewart, Author DILLINGER - THE HIDDEN TRUTH John Dillinger was actually killed 14 moths after his release from prison. He survived from May 1933 to July 1934. Also it was the Kansas City Massacre event that caused new laws to be passed enabling agents to carry weapons, not Dillinger.

I have read Dary Matera’s book that was written for Joe Pinkston and I agree…it is an excellent book!
There were actually some scenes from his book used in the new Public Enemies movie with Johnny Depp.

Yes, it is shocking that law enforcement was allowed to pose with their prey, and the public were also allowed to view the body while still warm in the morgue. Good points!

Respectfully,
7ony Stewart, Author
DILLINGER – THE HIDDEN TRUTH

]]> By: Public Enemies = Repost | Letters On Pages http://www.lettersonpages.com/2008/08/john-dillinger-by-dary-matera/comment-page-1/#comment-765 Public Enemies = Repost | Letters On Pages Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:04:07 +0000 http://www.lettersonpages.com/?p=62#comment-765 [...] It gives me a chance to repost my John Dillinger review! [...] [...] It gives me a chance to repost my John Dillinger review! [...]

]]> By: Ryan Brown http://www.lettersonpages.com/2008/08/john-dillinger-by-dary-matera/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Ryan Brown Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:58:52 +0000 http://www.lettersonpages.com/?p=62#comment-422 Thanks for the post! I'm researching my family tree, and deciding what to buy to read about J.D., my grandfather's second cousin. My great-grandfather was a first cousin to J.D.'s mother who passed away when he was 3 or 4. So sad to think how that contributed to his wayward ways. Thanks for the post! I’m researching my family tree, and deciding what to buy to read about J.D., my grandfather’s second cousin. My great-grandfather was a first cousin to J.D.’s mother who passed away when he was 3 or 4. So sad to think how that contributed to his wayward ways.

]]> By: Amy http://www.lettersonpages.com/2008/08/john-dillinger-by-dary-matera/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Amy Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:38:19 +0000 http://www.lettersonpages.com/?p=62#comment-239 I read short stories about John Dillinger with my students..I've learned so much that way...I would probably really enjoy this! I read short stories about John Dillinger with my students..I’ve learned so much that way…I would probably really enjoy this!

]]> By: Betty Hovious HOLLOWELL http://www.lettersonpages.com/2008/08/john-dillinger-by-dary-matera/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Betty Hovious HOLLOWELL Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:48:31 +0000 http://www.lettersonpages.com/?p=62#comment-233 Hey good going J D was my uncle, He lived and hid at my dads house. My dad was questioned a few times by the police. John was our bedtime stories . . My husband was a policeman and also my daughter and her husband . wonder what John would have thought of that? Hey good going J D was my uncle, He lived and hid at my dads house. My dad was questioned a few times by the police. John was our bedtime stories . . My husband was a policeman and also my daughter and her husband . wonder what John would have thought of that?

]]> By: Literate Housewife http://www.lettersonpages.com/2008/08/john-dillinger-by-dary-matera/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Literate Housewife Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:51:08 +0000 http://www.lettersonpages.com/?p=62#comment-232 This sounds absolutely amazing! What an interesting history. You're right about those public statements. We'd let an ax murderer go free if law enforcement ever said things like that today. This sounds absolutely amazing! What an interesting history. You’re right about those public statements. We’d let an ax murderer go free if law enforcement ever said things like that today.

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