David, terrific. Seems that we all need to armed with "correct" references when attending such meetings!!
Sent from my iPhone John H. Mather 240-353-6782 > On Nov 25, 2013, at 1:05 AM, David Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Colleagues, > > This evening I attended a performance of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem at > the Orange County (California) Performing Arts Center. Written 50 years ago > for the dedication of the new Coventry Cathedral, the Requiem is a major work > of sacred music. This performance marked the centenary of Britten's birth, > which was last week. > > Before the concert there was an "academic" talk by some kindly but > ill-informed Ph.D. who repeated the urban myth that Churchill let Coventry > burn to protect the Ultra secret. Sadly, a rather large group of the OC's > well-to-do had an "awkward" moment when I exploded and called the speaker out > in front of the entire audience. The casual repetition of slander and > calumny from an "academic authority" by way of explaining the deaths of 568 > people and the wounding of more than 1200 more is where I draw the line > between politely keeping quiet in society and loudly standing up for the > truth. > > One person made a point of coming up to me and saying, "you sir, are an ass", > but an elderly woman who told me she was from the Coventry area and > remembered the bombing well told me that she admired my courage. > > KBO, > > David > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
