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vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:42 am
Evil old warmongering bastard should have been hanged for war crimes and disposed of in a dumpster, but I do love this melody (not the sentiment).
Good depiction of how pathetic 'hero-worship' is. Just look at the stupid, credulous faces, weeping over a mass murderer. If anything, idolised leaders are generally the most vile, flawed and inadequate of humanity.
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:42 am
Evil old warmongering bastard should have been hanged for war crimes and disposed of in a dumpster, but I do love this melody (not the sentiment).
Good depiction of how pathetic 'hero-worship' is. Just look at the stupid, credulous faces, weeping over a mass murderer. If anything, idolised leaders are generally the most vile, flawed and inadequate of humanity.
Not just a "Evil old warmongering bastard" but a thoroughly naive and stupid one who practically idolized Stalin until it became clear he had his own agenda completely out of sync with the other two stooges Roosevelt but especially Churchill who as a European conversant with its history should have known better. Churchill makes one's skin crawl nearly as much as Hitler.
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:42 am
Evil old warmongering bastard should have been hanged for war crimes and disposed of in a dumpster, but I do love this melody (not the sentiment).
Good depiction of how pathetic 'hero-worship' is. Just look at the stupid, credulous faces, weeping over a mass murderer. If anything, idolised leaders are generally the most vile, flawed and inadequate of humanity.
Not just a "Evil old warmongering bastard" but a thoroughly naive and stupid one who practically idolized Stalin until it became clear he had his own agenda completely out of sync with the other two stooges Roosevelt but especially Churchill who as a European conversant with its history should have known better. Churchill makes one's skin crawl nearly as much as Hitler.
Indeed. He also knew perfectly well about the concentration camps but did nothing. People are so pathetically naive and black and white over what constitutes 'good' and 'evil'. The British royals and aristocracy were big fans of Hitler.
vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:36 pm
I don't see the connection.
Winston Smith, the protagonist of Orwell’s 1984, was named after Churchill.
Why do you suppose Orwell did that?
Since 1984 was published in 1949, Orwell could be forgiven believing in the noble mission and heroism of the Allied forces and its leaders. One of the greatest events of 20th century history having just occurred, it wasn't yet under scrutiny forced by hindsight; that came gradually and much later changing a whole lot of preconceptions...many of which still survive.
