Dalek Dave, what has your boy done?
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I can compare any human being on the planet to any other. For example, "Hey, look, they both have two arms. They must be alike!" Comparing Churchill to Hitler, which can have no motivation other than attempting to diminish the former, is insulting - both to his memory and to the greatness of England and her people, who demonstrated epic resilience where many other nations would have faltered.
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Copywriting ServicesDid you know Churchill was the only commoner given a state funeral?
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And when Cameron, or some other non-labour PM, delays calling an election in hopes of increasing their chances, will they also deserve the same epithets?
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He didn't delay - he canceled and waited three years in the vain hope that he could turn things around enough to win - a hopeless ambition in his case.
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He didn't delay - he canceled and waited three years in the vain hope that he could turn things around enough to win - a hopeless ambition in his case.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
There are those who are discovered and those who are found out!
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Who cares if he does think that, as long as he doesn't force it on SA's HIV patients? He has activley supported proper anti-HIV programs much more than Mbeki ever did.
Brady Kelly wrote:
Who cares if he does think that, as long as he doesn't force it on SA's HIV patients?
That's the funniest thing I've read all day.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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I can compare any human being on the planet to any other. For example, "Hey, look, they both have two arms. They must be alike!" Comparing Churchill to Hitler, which can have no motivation other than attempting to diminish the former, is insulting - both to his memory and to the greatness of England and her people, who demonstrated epic resilience where many other nations would have faltered.
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Copywriting ServicesI was objectively comparing an aspect of Hitler to an aspect of Churchill, not their whole beings.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10719739[^] "David Cameron has been criticised after mistakenly saying the UK was the "junior partner" in the allied World War II fight against Germany in 1940." Whoops.
??? Who was the "main partner" in 1940? Germany?
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Did you know Churchill was the only commoner given a state funeral?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
Where I come from all things 'state' are reserved for 'commoners', e.g. hospitals etc. The elite are exempt from anything 'state'.
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Ravi Santlani wrote:
the boy is new. he will learn in some time.
The boy is the British Prime Minister. He should already know. ****ing puppet politicians. North Korea's got it right -- shoot a few, every now and then.
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Brady Kelly wrote:
Who cares if he does think that, as long as he doesn't force it on SA's HIV patients?
That's the funniest thing I've read all day.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
digital man wrote:
That's the funniest thing I've read all day.
How so? His HIV policy is unprecedentedly pro-active, compared to e.g. Pres Mbeki.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10719739[^] "David Cameron has been criticised after mistakenly saying the UK was the "junior partner" in the allied World War II fight against Germany in 1940." Whoops.
It was, and so was USA - it was the redz wot won it (China and Russia)...
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digital man wrote:
that sniveling coward Brown
In what context is that valid? Don't misunderstand, I do not like him either, but surely that is rather extreme.
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digital man wrote:that sniveling coward Brown In what context is that valid?
Certainly not in the context of a middle-aged, unfit man who got up, fists flying, against a bunch of yobs who were rude to his wife. Snivelling little farts like cameron would run away and cry for mummy. Would I rather my country were run by a man who stands up for decency -- with his fists, if necessary -- or a man who stands up only to wheedle to the City and the US? Not such a tough choice.
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It was, and so was USA - it was the redz wot won it (China and Russia)...
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote:
it was the redz wot won it (China and Russia)...
China? China was completely devastated, and their armies were next to useless. Russia was first to Berlin, and would have invaded Japan within a few months, if the bomb hadn't been dropped (which was large part of the reason for dropping it).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I can compare any human being on the planet to any other. For example, "Hey, look, they both have two arms. They must be alike!" Comparing Churchill to Hitler, which can have no motivation other than attempting to diminish the former, is insulting - both to his memory and to the greatness of England and her people, who demonstrated epic resilience where many other nations would have faltered.
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Copywriting ServicesChurchill stood for the freedom of Britain, and perhaps Europe as well. His ideas about freedom and self-rule did not extend to the British colonies in Asia, Africa, and America then, aka non-whites.
विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) "cant stand heat myself. As soon as its near 90`F I seriously start to loose interest in doing much." - fat_boy. "Finally we agree, a little warming will be good if it makes you shut the f*** up about it." - Tim Craig.
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Churchill stood for the freedom of Britain, and perhaps Europe as well. His ideas about freedom and self-rule did not extend to the British colonies in Asia, Africa, and America then, aka non-whites.
विक्रम (Got my troika of CCCs!) "cant stand heat myself. As soon as its near 90`F I seriously start to loose interest in doing much." - fat_boy. "Finally we agree, a little warming will be good if it makes you shut the f*** up about it." - Tim Craig.
Yep. And Thomas Jefferson owned slaves. Never saw fit to give them up. People are imperfect but those imperfections don't negate their accomlishments, nor strip them of their ability to inspire others to ever greater heights. The trendy thing for the past couple of decades has been to rebel against the concept of heroes and inspirational figures. Movies aren't allowed to have happy endings. Lead characters have their flaws highlighted and their heroic aspects diminished, as it's deemed more important to show how humanly screwed up they are than their ability to accomplish good and show others the possibilities in life. If you expect people to be without flaw before you can be inspired by their example, yours will be a bleak and dismal existance. And there's a lot of that going around these days. :)
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www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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Did you know Churchill was the only commoner given a state funeral?
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
No, I didn't, but I find it quite fitting for a man who inspired and defended commoners and aristocrats alike through their darkest hours.
Christopher Duncan
www.PracticalUSA.com
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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digital man wrote:
That's the funniest thing I've read all day.
How so? His HIV policy is unprecedentedly pro-active, compared to e.g. Pres Mbeki.
Howe are you able to put faith in a man who excuses his behavior by trying to get you to believe that he believes a shower will cleanse him and save him from HIV? What sort of message is that? At the very least he is a hypocrite. Oh wait, he is a politician so that would explain it all.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Refering to Churchill, I have read that he favoured 'removing' mentally handicapped people from society, and he shared many of Hitler's leadership and warrior strengths.
What's often not written about Churchill (and I only found this out from my grandma) was that he was hated by large portions to of the UK population, especially in the north. This doesn't make it into the history books for some reason (and obviously wasn't mentioned at he time). I'm not sure why this was, despite his faults, Churchill pretty much saved Britain and by extension Europe.
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It was, and so was USA - it was the redz wot won it (China and Russia)...
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China?!?!? You know WW2 history only from some comic books, don’t you? :omg:
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??? Who was the "main partner" in 1940? Germany?
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Probably he means USA and USSR, though I’m not agree that UK has been an “minor partner”.
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Howe are you able to put faith in a man who excuses his behavior by trying to get you to believe that he believes a shower will cleanse him and save him from HIV? What sort of message is that? At the very least he is a hypocrite. Oh wait, he is a politician so that would explain it all.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
digital man wrote:
Oh wait, he is a politician so that would explain it all.
Exactly, but his political actions (vs. private life) seem to have spoken louder than his words for the country. We have not yet descended into the banana republic most Saffers living in Pert expected, and the outlook for SA as an African powerhouse and emerging new world state, vs. third world, is pretty good. Most people I know that can put their racism aside are also pretty happy with Uncle Jake's leadership.