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Mr. Aleister Crowley, the author, claimed damages against Miss Nina Hamnett, authoress of a book entitled "Laughing Torso," and Messrs. Constable and Co., Limited, the publishers, and Messrs. Charles Whittingham and Briggs, the printers.
Mr. Crowley complained that the book imputed that he practised "black magic" and he said this was a libel upon him. The defence was a plea of justification
Originally posted by woogleuk
reply to post by Hopechest
Britain and Russia were starting to win the war before the Americans joined.
Granted, we would have been screwed if America hadn't sent supplies, but all them joining the fight did was help speed up the victory.
Don't get me wrong, appreciated and all that, but it is incorrect to say we would have fell had America not sent men.
Originally posted by dagann
reply to post by GrandStrategy
nauseating huh?....lol...Regardless of your opinions, the fact is/was that without American aide in either military manpower or economic resources Britain and Russia would have folded up like a cheap lawn chair in a hurricane. You can thank god for Churchill in your hour of need who mustered the drive necessary to prosecute the war from a practical position. Chamberlain and minions was a disaster in assessing Germany's intentions. Regardless, both Churchill and Stalin owe the United States and Canada for establishing the allied backbone and wrangling the power from Germany and Axis powers and their onslaught.
That is not an opinion, it's a fact.
Originally posted by Astyanax
reply to post by thoughtsfull
Even devout Christians like Kipling and Belloc refer to the old gods when talking of the Southdowns.
If you haven't read Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill, ma'am, you are in for a treat. It's all about the old gods and their guardianship of the land. It's a children's book, really, but one that an adult can enjoy—so long as they can stomach a few political anachronisms—and, as with everything by Kipling, it is beautifully written.
Originally posted by HelenConway
Indeed Kipling is responsible for the phrase ' known unto God ' which is on all the war grave head stones.
Originally posted by 3n19m470
And people, (this means you tink)I think we all know that the Americans came to the aid of the Brits,
Originally posted by jcutler12888
This is such an interesting thread! Good job, OP. Star and flag
P.S. To everyone bickering over American imperialism, stop clogging up this discussion with your disagreements and go start a thread called "To the World: Americans Did Everything for Everyone Ever So You All Owe Us so Bow Down" or "To the Americans: Read a Book for Once in Your Lives, Get Over Yourselves and Kindly Sod Off" depending on where you stand on THAT subject and fight it out there. Honestly, I am absolutely at a loss as to why a mod hasn't stepped in to either delete the off-topic posts or to simply tell you all to stay on topic or go start your own threads.edit on 2/10/2013 by jcutler12888 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ANOK
reply to post by destination now
It's only off topic when the truth hurts.
Originally posted by destination now
Originally posted by ANOK
reply to post by destination now
It's only off topic when the truth hurts.
No, it's off topic when it is nothing to do with the topic, this topic being about magical powers being used in Britain by the British for the war effort...nothing to do with Americans...Gasp...I know, I know, that;s quite a far fetched theory in itself