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Are we sure we should be getting all our lessons from historical figures? Churchill on Gandhi: Gandhi should not be released on the account of a mere thre
by pen2l 11y ago
Are we sure we should be getting all our lessons from historical figures?
Churchill on Gandhi:
Gandhi should not be released on the account of a mere threat of
fasting, We should be rid of a bad man and an enemy of the Empire if
he died.
Churchill on using poison gas on uncivilized tribes:
I cannot understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am
strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.
Churchill on white race being superior:
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 a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a
stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it
that way, has come in and taken their place.
- staunch 11y agoDon't confuse a Wikipedia excerpt with an endorsement of the views... You missed this one: > By August 1943 Churchill refused to release shipping to send food to India. Initially during the famine he was more concerned with the civilians of Nazi-occupied Greece (who were also suffering from a famine) compared with the Bengalis, noting that the "starvation of anyhow underfed Bengalis is less serious than that of sturdy Greeks". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943
- pen2l 11y agoThe way you said it sounded like an endorsement (if you'd said that on Reddit, the way you said it would certainly be taken as an endorsement!). But, my mistake, sorry, carry on.