In Memoriam
Sir Winston Churchill, whose singular courage inspired a nation to resist Nazi tyranny and therefore preserved the western democratic tradition, died forty years ago to-day at the age of ninety.
For those of you who don't know me, my group of mischievous associates is known as "The Churchill Society, Wheeling." We chose this name to recognise the singular achievements of this one man, to draw inspiration from his undaunted courage, and perhaps touch his deep reserve of resolution that kept him going in the face of adversity.
Though Churchill was once vaunted and honoured throughout the world, nowadays his memory is being dragged through the muck by his ideological opponents. During his lifetime, he was humiliated by being tossed out of office in the 1945 general election because of his thought stance against Stalin. In his place was elected the Labour government of Clement Attlee, whose horrific mis-management of the economy kept the UK under a system of rationing for many years, while the US prospered under Truman. When Churchill was re-elected in 1951, he worked to avert the threat of nuclear war between the US and USSR. He also won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1953.
At the time of his death in 1965, Churchill's star had again risen. He was buried as one of the greatest heroes of the United kingdom. Since then, ideologoues have denigrated his memory. They have used his belief in the the British Empire to denigrate him as a racist and imperialist lout. They use his conflicts with Ghandi over India's independence to label him a racist.
Such base abuse of a great man is purely partisan. Churchill represents everything that the Bureaucrats who run the UK and most trans-national organisations despise- individual resolution, holding on against all odds, and a single man playing such a great role in reversing the course of history. Bureaucrats, by nature, are reactive. They go with the flow rather than re-directing it. They would have given in to a settled peace with Hitler during World War II, because his victory was "inevitable," and a settled peace would save later blood-shed.
Churchill taught us that one man can change things, even in an age when millions fought millions. It would serve us well to remember this, and follow his example.
Any-way, we honoured him with a proper supper, and some time in reflection of his career and contributions to Western Civilisation.
Regular contributions will resume shortly, with an entry out-lining my failure to convert to the Roman Catholic Faith, despite Tom's +5 Force Persuade bonus.
For those of you who don't know me, my group of mischievous associates is known as "The Churchill Society, Wheeling." We chose this name to recognise the singular achievements of this one man, to draw inspiration from his undaunted courage, and perhaps touch his deep reserve of resolution that kept him going in the face of adversity.
Though Churchill was once vaunted and honoured throughout the world, nowadays his memory is being dragged through the muck by his ideological opponents. During his lifetime, he was humiliated by being tossed out of office in the 1945 general election because of his thought stance against Stalin. In his place was elected the Labour government of Clement Attlee, whose horrific mis-management of the economy kept the UK under a system of rationing for many years, while the US prospered under Truman. When Churchill was re-elected in 1951, he worked to avert the threat of nuclear war between the US and USSR. He also won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1953.
At the time of his death in 1965, Churchill's star had again risen. He was buried as one of the greatest heroes of the United kingdom. Since then, ideologoues have denigrated his memory. They have used his belief in the the British Empire to denigrate him as a racist and imperialist lout. They use his conflicts with Ghandi over India's independence to label him a racist.
Such base abuse of a great man is purely partisan. Churchill represents everything that the Bureaucrats who run the UK and most trans-national organisations despise- individual resolution, holding on against all odds, and a single man playing such a great role in reversing the course of history. Bureaucrats, by nature, are reactive. They go with the flow rather than re-directing it. They would have given in to a settled peace with Hitler during World War II, because his victory was "inevitable," and a settled peace would save later blood-shed.
Churchill taught us that one man can change things, even in an age when millions fought millions. It would serve us well to remember this, and follow his example.
Any-way, we honoured him with a proper supper, and some time in reflection of his career and contributions to Western Civilisation.
Regular contributions will resume shortly, with an entry out-lining my failure to convert to the Roman Catholic Faith, despite Tom's +5 Force Persuade bonus.
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