“I do not admit for instance that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that the dog in the manger has the final right to the manger, though he may have lain there for a very long time.”
– Winston Churchill, UK prime minister and honorary US citizen (by act of Congress). Voted greatest Briton of all time in 2002 BBC poll.
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6 Comments
Tooden@aus.social · 2 pts · 1y
@aral@mastodon.ar.al He wasn't a very nice persoon.
aral@mastodon.ar.al · 2 pts · 1y
@Tooden@aus.social Understatement of the century :)
But the key point is that it’s not just him. Almost half a million British people voted him greatest Briton of all time just two decades ago.
There’s a reason the west has been unabashedly arming a genocide in Palestine for the past year.
Tooden@aus.social · 2 pts · 1y
@aral@mastodon.ar.al They do respond well to the whip, don't they?
greenWhale@dice.camp · 2 pts · 1y
@aral@mastodon.ar.al @Tooden@aus.social he was contemplating sending the navy to Liverpool to break the strikes too. Utter asshole of a person.
kyonshi@dice.camp · 1 pts · 1y
@aral@mastodon.ar.al he mostly shines in comparison to the other world leaders of the time. Which doesn't say much.
Kierkegaanks@beige.party · 1 pts · 1y
@aral@mastodon.ar.al typical of gingers