No Andy, it is not pedantry it is important, better to say "archvive photo" or famine scene from India than be lax David
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of andy macbrayne Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: 'Rubbish and Lies' BTW it may be a minor thing, but that picture from that website was in fact taken of the famine in Southern India in 1877. Perhaps it is pedantry, but someone too lazy to check and see if he is using a relevant picture is probably lacks the enthusiasm to write an accurate history of the famine. > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:37:08 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ChurchillChat] 'Rubbish and Lies' > To: [email protected] > > > In the spirit of David Kyle's notion of exposing some of the demons of the > internet to the cleansing sunlight of reason, we have just posted on the > Churchill Centre website a rebuttal to an article which appeared on November > 18th in 'Media with Conscience', in which Gideon Polya attempts to lay the > guilt for the Bengali Famine firmly at Churchill's feet. In doing so he also > manages to regurgitate almost every one of the other tired old Churchill > myths, with a degree of vituperation which makes Clive Ponting sound like a > man at peace with himself. > > Just follow the "We Read Them So You Don't Have To" link from the home page > > www.winstonchurchill.org > > or go directly there via > > http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1215 > > Best > > Dave Turrell > Deputy Editor, Finest Hour > Webmaster, The Churchill Centre > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kyle, David J. (CDC/CCEHIP/NCEH) (CTR) > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 12:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Dan Brown's Angelic Demonology > > > Thank you to the Langworths, always dependable to put things into > context. > > :-) strange what one has to do to get this group to discuss and defend > Churchill. > > I did indeed find the passage selectively taken and posted on a web site > dedicated to fear of the Illuminati. > > And yes my postings were tongue in cheek, but since I came to the USA I > have found dedicated Churchilians who will sit for hours and discuss the > man in great detail and to a degree of minutia that is wonderful > ......... But they are mostly old men and women (with greatest respect > to the ladies present) and truth be told their knowledge will die with > them. I see it already. > > I am not a rich person so cannot fund to any significant amount the > Churchill Centre youth education work. Yet I still manage to get the > great man into conversations at dinner, at breaks in business meetings, > and in general day to day life, without ( I hope anyway) of being a one > pony show. > > Many people read what is on these postings and I am sure they take away > snippets here and there, maybe even use them one day. > > So with the forbearance of the list censors/moderators I will continue > to post stuff from sites that are promoting what Mr. and Mrs Langworth > are too polite to call rubbish and or lies. > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
