Ah, it's making sense now. The word Titanic and the word Churchill are linked in some small way. For a moment I thought he was responsible for steering the ship that fateful night or for even having the iceberg towed into the Titanic's path.
> Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Was Winston Churchill to blame for Titanic? > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:49:34 -0400 > To: [email protected] > > "Following Harland's death in 1896, William Pirrie's ascension to the > leadership of Harland and Wolff offered hope that the discrimination against > Catholics might be curtailed. His pleas for tolerance notwithstanding, > Harland had been a committed Unionist who had campaigned vigorously against > Home Rule during his sting as Lord Mayor of Belfast in the 1880's. In > contrast, Pirrie was a supporter of Home Rule who in 1906 was rewarded with a > peerage by the Liberal Party. This made him unpopular with Belfast's > Prostatnt majority; the Times reported that he had 'deserted Unionism about > the time the Liberals acceded to power, and soon afterwards he was made a > peer; whether property hoc, or only post hoc I am quit unable to say, though > no Ulster Unionist has any doubts on the subject.' In Frebruary 1912 as the > Titanic neared completion, Pirrie chaired a meeting of the Ulster Liberal > Association at which Winston Churchill presented the case for Home Rule. > Originally scheduled for the Ulster Hall, where Churchill's father Randolfph > had made his famous 'Ulster will fight, and Ulster will be right' declaration > in 1886, the meeting had to be moved to the Celtic Park football ground after > Unionists threatened to pack the building." > > "In this instance, Pirries' pro-Home Rule views had little impact on his > employees. As Churchill attempted to make his way to the ground, a group of > shipyard workers surrounded his car and threatened to turn it over; they were > only dissuade from doing so when they saw Mrs Churchill sitting next to her > husband…" > > Titanic: A Night Remembered > Stephanie Barczewski page 216 > > The article is anachronistic in a number of ways, not least in that it > assumes a business as usual state to the work which was simply not present. > Rather than seeing Churchill as fostering blind ambition, it should be > understood his tenure as Trade Lord was engaged in preparing the way for some > of the most sweeping reforms that Britain had seen in economic affairs, and > for the energetic reorganization of the Admiralty that was to come. > > > > > On Apr 11, 2012, at 12:55 AM, Quinn Bastian wrote: > > > True. However, no matter what evidence is presented to the contrary, there > > will always be those who believe the earth is flat. > > > > Best, > > Quinn > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Apr 10, 2012, at 2:10 PM, "Editor, Finest Hour" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >>>> Seriously, is this even worthy of consideration?<< > >> > >> Well, somebody DID ask. If we don't refute this stuff, it piles up and > >> stinks, like dead moss bunkers on the beaches of Staten Island. > >> > >> A fellow managed to write a whole book about it, and to time it with > >> the Titanic Centenary and the magic name of Churchill: A sure ticket > >> to success. I promise you there will be wholly believing, admiring > >> reviews of it on Amazon, if they aren't already, just like the book > >> last year that blamed him for the Bengal Famine. > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > >> > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
