It occurs to me that the question should not be what would WSC do if he could respond to contemporary issues... but what will we do... with the benefit of having studied his wisdom... MJR
--- On Fri, 10/23/09, richard geschke <[email protected]> wrote: From: richard geschke <[email protected]> Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill Still Influencing Politics To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 7:05 PM Quite right, Winston always had the wit. Was he right all the time? God no! Was he the right person at the right time to lead Great Britain in its hour of need, you can bet your ___ on that!! As in all human endeavors sometimes a little stubbornness goes a long way. During this time of human endeavor, Winston was the right person at the right time. Nothing more and nothing less. Richard C. Geschke From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] CC: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill Still Influencing Politics Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:49:42 +0000 I'll buy off on the wit - as for the rest: his great friend, Lord Birkenhead said "When Winston is right, he is very right. When he is wrong, oh my God." Jonathan Hayes -------------- Original message from "Linne, Walter P" <[email protected]>: -------------- #yiv1665304753 .ExternalClass .ecxshape {} #yiv1665304753 .ExternalClass p.ecxMsoNormal, #yiv1665304753 .ExternalClass li.ecxMsoNormal, #yiv1665304753 .ExternalClass div.ecxMsoNormal {margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';} #yiv1665304753 .ExternalClass a:link, #yiv1665304753 .ExternalClass span.ecxMsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv1665304753 .ExternalClass a:visited, #yiv1665304753 .ExternalClass span.ecxMsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv1665304753 .ExternalClass p {margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';} #yiv1665304753 .ExternalClass span.ecxEmailStyle19 {font-family:Arial;color:navy;} _filtered #yiv1665304753 {} #yiv1665304753 .ExternalClass div.ecxSection1 {} Winston Churchill was a product of his time with great situational awareness, near flawless reasoning and a wonderful wit... Walt Linne From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of richard geschke Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 1:03 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill Still Influencing Politics What Winston Churchill would do, should do in the context of today's politics is but mere conjecture. A waste of time. What he did do or fail to do is what we should look at. All other exercises are but mere vapor escaping into political nonsense. Richard C. Geschke From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] CC: [email protected] Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Churchill Still Influencing Politics Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:23:24 +0000 I suppose it's too much to ask that people follow our Patron's strictures about never assuming what Churchill would do in a modern situation. Sometimes it's harmless - "would Chuchill Twitter?" - but more often it seems to follow the logic pattern: Churchill did things which were courageous and right. What I am proposing is courageous and right. Ergo, Churchill would do what I'm proposing. Either nobody is taught logical analysis any more or they don't want to go through the exercise. Jonathan Hayes -------------- Original message from "James T. Slattery" <[email protected]>: -------------- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6886424.ece# </html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
