Comments on: The elusive quality of heroism rears its head in the Nanny State http://www.bookwormroom.com/2012/11/30/the-elusive-quality-of-heroism-rears-its-head-in-the-nanny-state/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: David Foster http://www.bookwormroom.com/2012/11/30/the-elusive-quality-of-heroism-rears-its-head-in-the-nanny-state/comment-page-1/#comment-149080 David Foster Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:42:48 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25387#comment-149080 Mosonny…”Troublesome Young Men” is indeed an interesting book. Two of the anti-appeasers profiled were actually women: Violet Bonham Carter, who I knew of as a Churchill friend & biographer but who was also a significant anti-appeasement leader in her own right, and Katherine Duchess of Atholla talented pianist and composer and for a while a member of Parliament (though she had opposed the sufferagette movement)…she translated to FULL version of “Mein Kampf” from German to English (the version that had been officially published was highly edited) and gave it to Churchill, along with data on German rearmament, and did all she could to alert to public to the dangers of Naziism and Italian and Spanish Fascism. After the war, she campaigned against Soviet expansionism, giving the lie to the title “The Red Duchess” which had been bestowed on her as a result of her support for the Spanish Republicans.

]]> By: Caped Crusader http://www.bookwormroom.com/2012/11/30/the-elusive-quality-of-heroism-rears-its-head-in-the-nanny-state/comment-page-1/#comment-149071 Caped Crusader Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:19:15 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25387#comment-149071 Brings to mind the legend of the Dutch boy who saved Holland. Two versions:
 
http://members.chello.nl/m.jong9/map12/hansbrinker.html
 
http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/drboli/2009/03/06/the-little-dutch-boy-who-saved-holland/

]]> By: Michael Adams http://www.bookwormroom.com/2012/11/30/the-elusive-quality-of-heroism-rears-its-head-in-the-nanny-state/comment-page-1/#comment-149070 Michael Adams Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:07:07 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25387#comment-149070 We need to follow that  boy and, in four years, if present trends continue, offer him a ticket and a visa.  He’s needed here, and not appreciated there.

]]> By: JKB http://www.bookwormroom.com/2012/11/30/the-elusive-quality-of-heroism-rears-its-head-in-the-nanny-state/comment-page-1/#comment-149065 JKB Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:58:36 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25387#comment-149065 We should wait a bit.  Odds are, given he was in his school uniform, he will be expelled for such behavior.  Hopefully, he will wear such expulsion as a badge of honor.

]]> By: lethargic http://www.bookwormroom.com/2012/11/30/the-elusive-quality-of-heroism-rears-its-head-in-the-nanny-state/comment-page-1/#comment-149061 lethargic Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:49:28 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25387#comment-149061 The queen should disown her whole family and adopt this boy as heir.

]]> By: Mosonny http://www.bookwormroom.com/2012/11/30/the-elusive-quality-of-heroism-rears-its-head-in-the-nanny-state/comment-page-1/#comment-149056 Mosonny Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:03:56 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=25387#comment-149056 Today is Winston Churchill’s birthday.  Worth reading is Troublesome Young Men by Lynne Olson, about a small group of Brits, including nobles and notables, that wanted to heed Churchill’s warnings against the Nazis, while most of England was gaga over the appeasement of Hitler by Neville Chamberlain. 

Maybe this young man will grow into another Churchill or Thatcher, because England certainly needs a leadership with backbone…though it may be too late..and I fear we’re going down the same path and will get to the place where we cannot turn it around (which is antithetical to your optimistic viewpoint yesterday).  Kudos to Jack Slater and here’s to hope his mother doesn’t change him for the worse and make him into a typical slack-jawed passive observer in the future.
I am heartened by one thing.  Huge numbers of Americans have exercised their 2nd Amendment rights and bought firearms.  No, I’m not advocating for any kind of violence, quite the opposite, but I’m glad to see that there are still many here who would defend their own and still care about freedom.  That and such things as the Chic-Fil-A day…maybe there are still enough that can take back the country from those who would take it down from within.  So…maybe, Book, and I sincerely hope so, you are right about the optimism. 

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