Blair's donation of his book's royalties to the RBL is...?
The right thing to do, an honest gesture
A cynical ploy for forgiveness
As good as an admission of guilt
Great PR, should sell even more books
Other... please specify
The right thing to do, an honest gesture
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A cynical ploy for forgiveness
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As good as an admission of guilt
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Great PR, should sell even more books
2
Other... please specify
1
I think I'm a day late with this. Oh well, such is life, working nights.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10995042
Jan posted here about a week ago, suggesting Tony Blair could be prosecuted under laws governing the making of profit from crime. Now, a twist in the tale. Have his spin doctors come to the same conclusion?
The former PM, in which capacity he sent British troops into no fewer than six war zones, has already pledged in the region, I believe, of £5m to the Royal British Legion and promises proceeds from his new autobiography also, to benefit the wounded upon returning home. Some papers, such as Wigan Today, have gone as far as to call for a boycott of the book, and families of those killed and injured in conflict have expressed anger.
Let us know what you make of this, on the poll.
Blood Money
AntwortenLöschenTony Blair's £4.6m book donation branded 'blood money'
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have resulted in the pointless death of hundreds of British soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians,’ she said. ‘No amount of money will wash their blood from his hands.’ Contributors to the Army Rumour Service website suggested: ‘The RBL should say: “Thanks for the money, Mr Blair...now f*** off.”
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/838247-guilty-conscience-tony-blairs-donation-deemed-blood-money
Critics last night suggested Mr Blair was trying to benefit from tax relief on charity donations.
A protest is planned outside a book signing at Waterstone’s, Piccadilly, London, on September 8.
It is blood money. Anyone who buys Tony Blair's book is just encouraging him
AntwortenLöschenBy Carol Jones, her son John was killed in Iraq
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I have been speaking to other family members today and they are fuming. The general reaction is that it is blood money. That is what most of them think.
As far as the families are concerned we all hold him responsible. If Tony Blair had not sent our lads to an illegal war, they would still be alive right now. I am dead against him. He never even said sorry. Rose [Gentle, mother of Fusilier Gordon Gentle, 19, of 1st Battalion Royal Highland Fusiliers, who was killed by a bomb in Iraq] has been in touch and she feels exactly the same way. We are both so angry. The loss of a child is absolutely devastating and you never forget it. I think of him every day
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/it-is-blood-money-anyone-who-buys-tony-blairs-book-is-just-encouraging-him-2054529.html
I'm on holiday then :))
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If Plane Stupid can chuck green paint over Peter Mandelson, I can get Blair with at least an egg...
AntwortenLöschenI don't want to crack jokes after what you just said Jan, but you KNOW we'd all like to see it
I agree completely that no amount of money could ever make up for what he did, nor buy forgiveness. However, neither Bush nor Cheney have given even the slightest hint of apology, either verbal or monetary. Does this gesture give Blair a tiny bit more humanity in comparison? I don't know.
AntwortenLöschenHahahahaaa.... proceeds from his books. This is the most shameless way of tax evasion.
AntwortenLöschenNixon's famous words "I am not a crook" was just about that...
He had "donated" his non-selling books and had written off its cover price from his income...
Blair is doing the same.
Well, if people are incapable of rememberin and learning... that is the way it will be.
I guess you mean Cosmic, he's the only American here, of enough years for Nixon to be especially relevant. Obviously I don't 'remember' Nixon at all. I was born in '77.
AntwortenLöschenI think you're right though, Blair is doing likewise.
incapable of remembering and learning" was not directed to any single person. It is the well known maxim: if we do not learn from history...
AntwortenLöschenOn the other hand, it is AWFULLY HARD to do so.
Our memories fade, and we cannot pass our memories to our children.
The means of that transfer is by written letters, which is an awfully inefficient way. Can you imagine trying to do that by "writing"? Only a handful people do that and then only for a few issues they find worth writing (it takes hell of a time to write).
And then a tiny number of people ever read those.
Bottom line:
"We" do not have ANY worthwhile(effective) means to LEARN from the past history.
Consequence:
99.9 % of the people in the world at any given time are necessarily aloof.
Lemma:
Society is ill equipped to govern itself. It will keep on repeating the same errors of the past.
As for the individual: You are on your own.
Study history, make inferences, assume people WILL repeat those, and cover your own ass, or take advantage of that.
Not very pretty, is it?
Gee.. my own lines above were revelations to me! See.. THAT is why I spend time in groups.
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