Radomu Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 speaking of warmongering and drunkeness my little samuri troll ,theres no dispute about the sadistic atrocitys and tortures the japanese did in the death camps of ww2 and nanking (definately not overrated).look up what your wonderful race did in unit 731 if you've got the stomach for it.you lot make winston look like a pacifist:D Absolutely. Human beings have never behaved worse than during the Japanese occupation of China, especially in Nanking. The officers had competitions over who could slice the most number of Chinese civilians. Men went from house to house to rape daughters and women, and at times forced the fathers at gunpoint to have sex with their daughters. But why would you bring it up? It has nothing to do with the topic of conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenyweeny Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 JFK - A do nothing president. Sure, had he lived he may have been fine but the only thing he really accomplished was looking good. they had links to the mafia didnt they,the kennadys were all ill fated ,then there was the marilyn monroe cover up..marilyns maid went to work for them after marilyn died..i would not say he was remarkable in anyway he and his brother were serial womanisers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radomu Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 He put a man on the moon, for one thing. That has to rank as one of humanity's greatest achievements, although how much it had to do with him I'm not sure. Nixon did that, not John F. Kennedy. Haven't you got a good word to say about anything? We'd rather say things that are true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofstrad Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 He put a man on the moon, for one thing. That has to rank as one of humanity's greatest achievements, although how much it had to do with him I'm not sure. And the benefits that this brought to our world are also rather vague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Haven't you got a good word to say about anything? You are aware that the whole point of this thread is to discuss people who are over-rated? Anyone who warrants fulsome praise wouldn't be mentioned here to begin with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 they had links to the mafia didnt they,the kennadys were all ill fated ,then there was the marilyn monroe cover up.. Nothing ever proven, I don't think. But, as with Lennon but on a much grander scale - get yourself murdered and everyone thinks more highly of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 You are aware that the whole point of this thread is to discuss people who are over-rated? Anyone who warrants fulsome praise wouldn't be mentioned here to begin with! Right down your street then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radomu Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 The only musician that deserved the post-death praise was Jimi Hendrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Nixon did that, not John F. Kennedy. Sure he may have been in office at the time but only for a few months. It was the previous administration who'd planned and prepared for it, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncocker Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 No. After Churchill in 1945, Clement Attlee came to power started what Gorbachev did in the late 80's: he dismantled the British Empire to save Britain, both financially and diplomatically. The biggest foreign policy decision made by Attlee was, of course, the independence of the British Raj. India experienced the worst eras in their history under British rule, with three of their worst famines ever. They faced further problems after the independence, but at least the tyrannical free market exploitation of the British were ending. But Winston Churchill, as the Tories were all hellbent on the subject, returned as Prime Minister in 1950. He did several things and one was him overthrowing the first democratically elected leader of Iran alongside Eisenhower, just because the new Iranian leader was nationalizing the oil in the country. That threatened British interests in Iran because the Anglo-Iranian Oil company (now we know them as BP) held the assets. He and Eisenhower instated the Shah in Iran, who became one of the worst US-UK backed dictators of the region. There was also the violent crackdown on the Malaysian independence movement and the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya. Tens and thousands of people died under Churchill's desperate struggle to keep the Empire alive. It'd have been a even worse era if the british had'nt stopped the japs in burma:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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