Friday, January 24, 2014

Winston Churchill - In Memorium

CIVILISING FATHER by Eduardo Galeano from 'Children Of The Days'

24 January

On this day in 1965 Winston Churchill passed away.

In 1919, when presiding over the British Air Council, he had offered one of his frequent lessons in the art of war:

'I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas . . . I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes . . . The moral effect should be so good . . . and would spread a lively terror.'

And in 1937, speaking before the Palestine Royal Commission, he offered one of his frequent lessons on the history of humanity:

'I do not admit that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia . . . by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race . . . has come in and taken their place.'

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