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Thread #133984   Message #3599706
Posted By: Jim Carroll
09-Feb-14 - 06:18 AM
Thread Name: BS: Christmas Truce (1914)
Subject: RE: BS: Christmas Truce (1914)
"Find one."
You are the only one who persistently indulges in cherry-picking favourable out-of-context quotes to make your shambolic case - this has been pointed out to you on many occasions
You have been given many points arising from the programme which has shown the war to have been prematurely misconceived (Mons), poorly supplied (Mons and the Somme) and dishonestly promoted by lying propaganda - that has been the main thrust of both programmes so far - you have totally refused to to respond to that fact, indulging in snippets which you claim make your case - they don't - what you are indulging in are diversion tactics to draw away from the main conclusions
The war was a struggle between two dying Empires, troops were sent into murderous battle untrained and inadequately armed, Both Kitchener and French, ("French had already been criticised before the battle and lost his remaining support in both the Government and Army as a result of the British failure at Loos"), officers and the press lied to the men on the possible duration of the war, men were conned and pressurised into joining up by distorted propaganda and moral blackmail, sixteen Christians were executed because of their religious convictions, the star recruiter for the slaughter became a millionaire overnight profiteering on young mans lives, landlords and businesses leeched on the families of fighting servicemen... they are the salient points to have come out of the programme so far - not your cherry-picked cut-'n-pastes DENY THAT!!!
You have openly lied about what you have passed comment on now you are trying to snatch some sort of victory from utter defeat of your Jingoistic crap
Now piss off and let the rest of us have an intelligent discussion - you tub-thumping moron
Jim Carroll