tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093094753419569743.post5959117101288845451..comments2023-06-12T12:55:20.211+01:00Comments on Styx: Aung San Suu KyiPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371850435667108476noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093094753419569743.post-46197428809908309342010-11-14T11:51:01.754+00:002010-11-14T11:51:01.754+00:00And on nuclear weapons too:
"I have always r...And on nuclear weapons too:<br /><br /><i>"I have always regarded the possession of the nuclear capability as a protection against nuclear blackmail. It is a protection against being threatened with nuclear weapons. What it is not a protection against is war".</i><br /><br />I remember observing much the same at the time of the Falklands war: our expensive nuclear "deterrent" failed to impress General Galtieri after all!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371850435667108476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093094753419569743.post-28081497020930214842010-11-14T11:45:03.183+00:002010-11-14T11:45:03.183+00:00Nicely put, thanks. Cultures inevitably evolve, b...Nicely put, thanks. Cultures inevitably evolve, but it is usurpation that I resent most strongly .<br /><br />Powell was a exceptionally brilliant man, now largely remembered only for his famous Birmingham speech. He was also highly principled. I agreed with his stance on nuclear weapons:<br /><i>What would the United Kingdom do? Would it discharge Polaris, Trident or whatever against the main centres of population of the Continent of Europe or in European Russia? If so, what would be the consequence? The consequence would not be that we should survive, that we should repel our antagonist – nor would it be that we should escape defeat. The consequence would be that we would make certain, as far as is humanly possible, the virtual destruction and elimination of the hope of the future in these islands.... I would much sooner that the power to use it was not in the hands of any individual in this country at all.</i><br /><br />I have no objection on moral grounds to these terrible weapons sine they cannot of course be "uninvented"...<br /><br />And as for "Rivers of Blood", yes he has been proved correct.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371850435667108476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093094753419569743.post-83455568726928320852010-11-14T02:48:19.174+00:002010-11-14T02:48:19.174+00:00Let's give it a try Styx, here we go.
Mr Camer...Let's give it a try Styx, here we go.<br />Mr Cameron, I was never asked whether I wanted to celebrate and enjoy multiculturalism; had I been I would have said no since I rather enjoyed the monoculture of my youth which did not need to be lectured to about 'cultural cohesion' because it was already cohesive.<br /><br />Mr Enoch Powell has been proved correct in almost every aspect of his 'Rivers of Blood' speech for which he was drummed out of your Tory Party, such are its freedom of speech credentials.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.com