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If there is any doubt about this movie watch it


I recored it in the late spring and had it on my DVR hard drive for 6 moths debating with myself if I should watch it or delete it without watching it. I remembered their songs but was not sure I cared to learn more about them.

I just finished watching the show and will keep it on my DVR to watch it one more time before I erase it. I suggest that even if you never heard of them their story is worth watching.

I do tend to be skeptical when I hear someone bad mouthing a dead mother or father that can not defend themselves, but when all the children and other relatives plus the business associates all say a person was a abusive person you have to believe it is true.

It is a sad story but it is also inspiring to see the kids were able to survive his abuse and wind up as successful adults and good parents.

My 30 round AR-15 magazine and my 50 round Thompson machine gun magazines are standard capacity magazines I have no hi capacity mags all my magazines are standard capacity, 30 and 50 round mags. My AR-15s are not assault weapons nor are they high power rifles, they are sport utility rifles slightly larger than a ..22 caliber (.223)

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I never was a fan of the group but I discovered much respect for them after seeing this film. A bastard of a father, a doormat of a mother, they were lucky to have each other.

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The mother was a enabler, no doubt. But in the 1960's, there was very little recourse for her. I see her as a victim of the monstrous father, just as the kids were.

I'm a civilian, I'm not a trout

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