Probably about the same support from our country for Churchill.
He is now seen as a hero because Hitler tried to attack the Soviet Union, rather than us.
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He is now seen as a hero because Hitler tried to attack the Soviet Union, rather than us.
Swords, that is the most blatant wind up I have ever read on here. As well as being inaccurate. FFS.It may well have been in poor taste but it was not factually inaccurate. Adolf Hitler had a frenzied, fanatical pride in his Country (adopted or otherwise) brought about by its humiliation after WW1, so much so that millions joined him in his crusade and we all know how that turned out. The point you're missing Betty is that the crudeness was in the statement made by COL and my reply was purposely equally crude to expose that. I find the statement "I have the utmost respect for anyone who is proud of their Country" (and indeed most of what COL writes) as jingoistic and dangerous at best and downright catastrophic (as my example showed) at worst.
COL can fawn at the feet of everyone who's proud of their Country regardless of what their Country gets up to - good or bad - but that kind of primitive tribalism has no truck with me.
(Rules, please do not be polite on my behalf. I neither ask for it nor desire it Sir)
Most of it. There must have been countless trillions of photos of that mass murderer on all kinds of media over the last 80 years, and nearly as many jokes about him and what he stood for. Time doesnt make him less evil but just possibly it''s time to lighten up a notch.
Same with Poppies. A day to respect, thank, and honour, but jokes about the huge frame around it have a place.
As Tri rightly pointed out, it was a blatant hijacking of a thread and had I known the pic was there I wouldn't have opened it in the company of my son. This is essentially a public place. I wouldn't expect to see that as a hard copy pinned up on a public notice board, so what's the difference? If you walked into your local council offices and saw that on a public notice board, I think you would agree it shouldn't be there in view of all and sundry.
Did you avoid buying a newspaper when Prince Harry was wearing a nazi uniform.
Don't read them anyway. So no need. When I do gather news I do it away from my son as I expect it to have thing that aren't for his consumption.
EDIT: It's called responsible parenting. (I am in no way suggesting that your are not a responsible parent by the way, so please don't think that I am.)
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