tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post6459508011364245788..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: Spike Lee is rightPeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-58964452979306086282008-05-23T20:36:00.000+01:002008-05-23T20:36:00.000+01:00Well said. George Orwell comments a few times on t...Well said. George Orwell comments a few times on the issue of racial prejudice in Britain with regard to the US army presence, remarking that 'the general consensus of opinion seems to be that the only American soldiers with decent manners are the negroes' after giving an account of a drunken soldier trying to pick a fight with him, ('As I please' 03/12/1943) and also of incidents of colour bars being introduced, which were invariably caused by proprietors giving in to pressure from a small group of clients, noting that 'this kind of thing cannot happen when public opinion is on the alert and disagreeable publicity is given to any establishment where coloured people are insulted.' ('As I please' 11/08/1944)Trooper Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505221473081871071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-52150281125990658042008-05-22T21:22:00.000+01:002008-05-22T21:22:00.000+01:00I am seriously envious. That must have been fun.I am seriously envious. That must have been <B>fun</B>.Peter Risdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-26635243953736610252008-05-22T19:54:00.000+01:002008-05-22T19:54:00.000+01:00"the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s": is that ..."the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s": is that a cack-handed attempt to attribute civil rights advances to white folks like JFK, rather than giving credit where credit is due? If so, double-plus-alpha ironic.<BR/><BR/>PS I've Dukw'd through swamps in Queensland. Lurvly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com