Dave RobinsonMar 20
In 1919 someone famous said this:

“I cannot understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes”

He was the government minister for war, and he was talking about the Middle East (Kurds and Afghans).

It was Winston Churchill. Not much has changed. The disregard for human life continues.

#IranWar
Show threadCharlie StrossMar 20

@dave @quixoticgeek

Yeah, what many anglophones today don't seem to realize is that Winston was a monstrous asshole.

For perspective, consider that it took fricken' HITLER to make him look good.

(In his defense: he was born in 1874 and as an officer in the British Army rode in cavalry charges against Pashtuns in what is now Pakistan: classic Victorian imperial soldiering. By the 20th century he was already a living fossil.)

Show threadanubis2814Mar 20
@cstross @quixoticgeek @dave Yeah they Brits were running Jews in work camps a few years after Hitler died, because everyone used them. Hitler's death camps made concentration camps look bad so everyone stopped using them in the west until Trump came a long.
Show threadCharlie StrossMar 20
@anubis2814 @quixoticgeek @dave Source for the "Brits running Jews in work camps after Hitler" thing, plz. (Am Jewish; also British and I've never heard of such a thing.)
Show threadanubis2814Mar 20
@cstross @quixoticgeek @dave Check out the behind the bastards episode on the history of concentration camps.
Show threadCharlie StrossMar 20
@anubis2814 @quixoticgeek @dave Is that a TV thing? Because I don't/can't watch TV/video. (If you've got a written source that'll do.)
Show threadanubis2814
@cstross @quixoticgeek @dave youtu.be/-whes5DdXvI?si=KCPBeN… podcasts, can you not watch those either? It's just audio. They mention their sources inside, this one must have accidentally not put up its show note with references
Concentration Camps Are Back, So Let's Talk About Their History | BEHIND THE BASTARDS

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