"Wouldn't know Jom - you prove to us that you actually talked to an ex-soldier and maybe I'd start to believe you"
Do you honestly believe I give a shit whether a half arsed right wing wannabe squaddie believes me or not
You've dismissed and tried to denigrate harry Patch, you dismissed reports of summary executions told by an old soldier to his grandson - christ only knows what you are dismissing now from the quagmire your mate has dropped you in.
You and Keith supported Hastings as a credible historian even though your mate wouldn't accept other historians who he claimed were not "rel" or didn't sell their books in "rel bookshops" or hadn't been to "real universities" or were dead or unpublished or unknown.
Now you see
m to be claiming that modern historians are invunerable "their studies are more comprehensively researched and provide us all with a far better picture as to what actually happened and why.".
Your beligerent contempt for anybody who disagrees with you makes you what you are - the least you can to is calm your mate down before he combusts - how do explain the review - another lie, perhaps.
Have you actually read a book or do you trawl the net for the miniscule number of actual quotes
"Jim, here is a review of that book FROM HASTINGS' OWN WEBSITE."
Really don't care Keith - you have had a copy of the review - do you think the spectator was lying - if so, why didn't Hastings sue?
You've really done it again - you've carefully selected the bits you think make your case without knowing what the author intended - the ghost of Christine Kinealy bites your bum again.
Sleep well, the pair of you, d'you hear now?
Jim Carroll