Thank you Cliff. It's not terribly difficult to find WSC's foibles, ....for example, puritans may consider that he had too much fondness for ethanol (though I'd rather applaud his remark about getting more out of drink than it did out of him), but out-and-out lies are just too contemptible.
On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 3:37:30 PM UTC+12, Cliff Goldfarb wrote: > > > This reminds me of a letter Arthur Conan Doyle wrote to The Hampshire Post > (Jan. 29, 1886), commenting on critical letters published after Thomas > Carlyle’s death: “As flies settle upon the least sound portion of the meat, > so critics love to dwell upon the weaker side of a great mind”.* > > > * > On 16/09/2013 4:45 AM, Grimsdyke wrote: > > Churchill's detractors will always have the persistence of flies have who > have found a dung-heap. The Lion has passed on, but the flies stay to feast > because they have found the only thing that attracts their ordure-avid > brains. > > On Monday, June 24, 2013 5:52:10 AM UTC+12, Major McKinley wrote: >> >> With the help of the Churchill Centre's resources, and some advice from >> learned historians like those at Bletchley Park, we put together a podcast >> thoroughly debunking the persistent myth that Churchill had advanced notice >> of the Coventry raid and chose not to act on it. This savage, absurd lie >> persists to this day. >> >> If you're interested in podcasting, feel free to listen, >> here.<http://www.angryhistory.com/2013/05/18/churchill-coventry-myth/> >> > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > Cliff [email protected] <javascript:> > > -- 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.
