tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post990678159567532848..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: CHAIN REACTIONTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-79500942269777093502012-12-12T08:30:14.709-06:002012-12-12T08:30:14.709-06:00James Higham ~~ :-D
Can I stop sucking my cheeks ...James Higham ~~ :-D<br />Can I stop sucking my cheeks in now?Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-79822696669442798472012-12-12T07:57:43.623-06:002012-12-12T07:57:43.623-06:00Dimpling? Still this beating heart.Dimpling? Still this beating heart.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-25768612152176641942012-12-11T08:35:20.037-06:002012-12-11T08:35:20.037-06:00Chomp ~~ Yes, that's the way I surmise things ...Chomp ~~ Yes, that's the way I surmise things would have unfolded, - the way Hitler envisaged his illustrious future. He wouldn't have needed to invade Britain with Edward on the throne - but how long that scenario would have lasted we can't know. Edward might have sympathised, but the People of Britain did not.<br /><br />As you say, those cross-points in history are critically important, and some seem almost "staged" from our perspective - but then, we have benefit of hindsight. <br /><br /> <br /> Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-91270900385947142602012-12-11T08:17:52.494-06:002012-12-11T08:17:52.494-06:00Wisewebwoman ~ Some photographs of her could encou...Wisewebwoman ~ Some photographs of her could encourage such thoughts, something about the jawline, I guess. <br />I haven't seen M. Butterfly - looked it up - sounds interesting! :-)<br /><br />I don't think "The world" was looking for war - the poor sods who had to fight weren't looking for it, nor the hapless citizens in occupied and bombed Europe and blitzed Britain - but a cabal of madmen obviously were. It didn't do the bank accounts of some industrialists who manufactured weapons, bombs, planes etc, a lot of harm either!<br /><br />Revisionists (not much better than conspiracy theorists)have found a way to make piles of money decades later - selling their books.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-82091090345379323802012-12-11T08:00:19.614-06:002012-12-11T08:00:19.614-06:00“Had Mrs. Wallis Simpson proved less attractive to...“Had Mrs. Wallis Simpson proved less attractive to Edward, or had their paths never crossed - think life in another dimension - history could have taken many, many different turns.”<br />Oh yes, we would have had Herr Chancellor Adolf Hitler in charge and The Second World War would have been if not won, for sure not lost by The Axis... <br /><br />In fact, Wally Simspon was a Nazi spy and Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathizer, England would have not entered in war, Churchill would have remained a historian with a political appendix... <br /><br />There is a photo in which Edward VIII, visiting Germany under the rule of “Mistah Hitlah”, Herr Adolf Hitler, had a clear arm up in the well-known “Heil” gesture...<br />Then the photo was corrected... Churchill knew very well Edward’s sympathy for the Nazis... <br /><br />How can history change when arrives at a sort of cross-road points... <br /><br />We should reflect and ponder very attentively about these points, key-points, crucial choices on and in the roads... <br /><br />Chompnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-65414531451052749042012-12-10T20:55:22.618-06:002012-12-10T20:55:22.618-06:00*with or without. cheesh.*with or without. cheesh.Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-88870744397728034322012-12-10T20:55:03.171-06:002012-12-10T20:55:03.171-06:00Sidetrack - I have often speculated that Wallis mi...Sidetrack - I have often speculated that Wallis might have been a man.<br /><br />Remember that movie M. Butterfly?<br /><br />Yes the world went looking for a war and would have found one anyway without or without ol' Ed.<br /><br />XO<br />WWW<br />Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-61299415433928664432012-12-10T16:56:33.307-06:002012-12-10T16:56:33.307-06:00James Higham ~~~ How very kind, she said, dimpling...James Higham ~~~ How very kind, she said, dimpling. :-)<br /><br />Erm - how might that eventuality have arisen though? A King Edward might have cosied up to the Nazis for longer, dilly-dallied so that Churchill might not have been able do his thing, and we all might be either speaking German now...or have been blown to smithereens?<br />I see!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-78227604458285695832012-12-10T14:55:32.677-06:002012-12-10T14:55:32.677-06:00And we mightn't have "met", Twilight...And we mightn't have "met", Twilight. That would have been a tragedy.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-42931086130373264932012-12-10T12:52:47.610-06:002012-12-10T12:52:47.610-06:00mike ~~ Yes! The time traveller with the butterf...mike ~~ Yes! The time traveller with the butterfly stuck in mud under his boot! Love the story and the film.<br /><br />Blue norther here also, coming from the Arctic with a vengeance overnight and a light fall of snow - hardly enough to cover ground, then it froze quite hard. Ah well - it IS December - though you wouldn't have known it a few days ago when I wrote Christmas cards bound for England, I said on most "It doesn't feel a bit like Christmas - it's 78* outside".<br />Made a liar of myself!<br /> Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-48771039330655885362012-12-10T10:20:36.179-06:002012-12-10T10:20:36.179-06:00Your topic today and your sidebar quoting Neil Gai...Your topic today and your sidebar quoting Neil Gaiman combined in my brain...voila, "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sound_of_Thunder<br /><br />The blue norther arrived hours ago...brrrr...cold for us here in the deep south of Texas. It must be truly cold up in your woods!mikenoreply@blogger.com