Is he one of the more overrated leaders from human history?
His military plans seem to have been ripe for failure whenever they weren't massively overhauled by his own marshals and generals and his speeches, the main point he is remembered as a great leader, don't seem to have had much impact.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/britain-at-war/10255153/Winston-Churchills-speeches-were-overrated-and-some-went-down-badly.html
His accomplishment is losing the British empire and submitting to America, the only time a dominant power ever abandoned its position to another willingly.
So yes he's pretty overrated.
>>1382233
Britain was not the dominant power by any stretch of imagination.
>>1382237
They weren't since the 1890's at least
They entered the First World war to reverse that and got the Opposite result
![f056465cb8a29fab9e796f73a543d6a0[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/wF3M89K.jpg "f056465cb8a29fab9e796f73a543d6a0[1]")
Britain has the likes of Newton, Turing, Maxwell and Faraday.
Germany has the likes of Gauss, Planck, Leibniz and Euler
Where are their French equivalents? Why is it that the nation that was once the most populous and wealthiest country in Europe is so underrepresented in pretty much any list of the greatest scientists, mathematicians etc.? What limitations did France have that only made them capable of producing second tier scientists like Pascal and Descartes that are entirely outclassed by their German and British counterparts? Is it culture? Work ethic?
>>1382155
So I guess you're going to pretend you don't know of the Curies and Pasteur?
pascal, lavoisier, coulomb and pasteur
>>1382168
>the Curies
the credit should go to Becquerel but it went to meme curie because she had a vaj
I can't believe this thread exists.
what are some of your favorites? I watch a ton of the great war and forgotten weapons.
OmniPhi Media
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEIlXvlvXMA
Ok I now this is a controversial opinion and I will get backlash, but hear me out:
>John
>Green
William Lane Craig likes to show that Jesus rose from the dead as inference to the best explanation.
I have to admit that after looking into it thoroughly, it is indeed the "best explanation". However, so what?
History is very long, and the evidence is massively flawed. Under materialism, history is some sort of chaotic deterministic system. Every now and then, of course an event will happen such that the remaining evidence results in the best explanation being miraculous.
The point he makes is that because it is the best explanation, it is not irrational to believe it.
Of course you're free to disbelieve but a common characterization of Christians is that their entire belief system is irrational and based on a leap of faith. On the contrary, it is entirely reasonable.
>>1382028
Isn't it indeed a "leap of faith" to view history through the lens of miracles being possible? Since the evidence in history is so faulty, surely we should use the assumption that the physical laws we know today have always applied?
>>1382030
Christianity doesn't state that these physical laws don't apply, rather that God exists and he can brake them. If you're not God, there is no way around them, they apply absolutely.
Why does /his/ hate the Byzantine Empire so much?
>>1381693
Fucking wannabe Greeks.
Literally "We Wuz Romans" for the Greeks
WE WUZ ROMANZ N SHIT
JESUS DINDU NUFFIN HE A GOOD JEW
People these days always use the 50's as a scapegoat for a very conservative and sexist period of time. Is that an accurate portrayal though?
People these days a God damn idiots.
>>1381615
duh
>>1381615
Because it was, for one, but it's also the most conservative era with contemporary mass media. Reactionaries see it as the "good ol days" due to heavily censored and idealized media and everyone else sees it as a shitty era where nobody was free to be themselves.
How do you feel about the execution of the Romanov family /his/?
Shit happens. I don't have any strong feelings either way.
I feel a little bad for the Tsarevich.
>>1381596
It was needlessly brutal and did not serve much purpose other then the satisfaction of psychpaths
>>1381603
Firing squad is probably the least brutal way to carry out a mass execution.
How do I find my heraldry? And check it?
>The coat of arms of the Northampton and Hampshire Knights are probably the oldest grants which have been bestowed upon the family. They are described, in the order named, as follows (Burke, Heraldry, 1844);
>Arms.--"Argent, on a fesse between three bulls' heads erased sable, armed and ringed at the nose or, a fret between the two doves of the field"
>Crest.--"A dexter arm embowed, vested bendy wavy sinister of four or and gules, supporting with the hand a sword in pale the point resting on the wreath, the pommel surmounting a pair of spurs proper."
>Arms,II.--"Argent, three pales gules, on a canton of the second spur or, withing the bordure engrailed azure."
>Crest.--"On a ducal coronet gules, an eagle displayed or."
Bibliography.
>Burke. Encyclopedia of Heraldry. 1844
>Heitman. Officers of the Continental Army. 1914
>The Americana. 1914
>Savage. A Genealogical Dictionary of New England. 1860
>J.C Martindale. Knight Family. 1911
>Leigh and Knight. Chawton Manor. 1911
>Gentry. Family Names. 1892
>Barber. A history of the parishes of lynton and countisbury. 1907
If I take this somewhere will they be able to give me a copy of it?
Arms are awarded to individuals, not to families
>>1381578
Yeah lets argue semantics, thanks for the bump I guess. They are passed down through their family. So they are awarded to the family as they last longer than the individual.
Idiot.
"The American Way of Living" is my favorite picture of all time. In this photo, ideology is shown in it's purest form. In the background, you have the large, encompassing drawing of the upper-middle class white family smiling towards a bright future, meanwhile lines of text convey nationalistic statements about some "American" lifestyle, and that this lifestyle is somehow statistically the most preferable way to live. Below the propaganda is the true economic reality of the moment, namely that this is a lower-class black community completely destroyed, (due to a lack of infrastructural resources provided by the government) by a natural disaster. Interestingly enough, the poster is the largest thing in this picture. In the same way, the spectacle that is ideology is always the most visible thing in our society. Although the reality is that the small majority of middle to upper class (predominately white) communities are not at all a true representation of the totality of the American experience and lifestyle, this sect is what we predominately see within the spectacle. As an aside, yes there is media depiction of inner-city realities however it is always viewed as a glimpse into the Other. What is unfathomable is the full embrace of this lifestyle as a fundamental part of our American experience. Media such as The Wire and most of hip hop music will always exist however they will never be 'the thing.' What I mean is that it will always be a split from the majority of American media as a cold reminder that is destined to be forgotten on a political level by the viewer.
>>1381566
cont'd:
The 'real' of media will always be, to use an example, the classic sitcom stucture of however many white people having economically meaningless problems while we rarely see them at their jobs. This realm of American media is also inhabited by the poster we see in "The American Way of Living." To bring this full circle, although the political reality of a nation at any time may not reflect the picture displayed by the spectacle, the spectacle's picture will by its very nature be larger than the reality (in our current environment, at least). An interesting thing to consider is whether or not this photo would have gained any traction without the presence of the propagandist poster; I would contend that it wouldn't. This is because without the poster, it comes off as a bland statement of "what we already know," that being that some abstracted American community lives a worse life than us that we can easily mentally push aside, basically the same thing I'm talking about when I mention media such as hip hop and the Wire. The notoriety must stem from the forced recognition that the spectacle does not represent reality, in this way the photo is either intentionally or unintentionally a revolutionary piece.
>>1381586
Interesting opinion bre, now investigate it from the short comings equally faced by chinese and other asian immigrants and how they succeeded as a demographic.
>One of his main things is making fun of historical inaccuracies in movies
>Starts writing a comic book about the Second Punic war
>From the start he admits it's full of historical inaccuracies because "it makes for a better story"
Always this
>>1381510
When did he say that?
>One of his main things is making fun of historical inaccuracies in movies
Completely different things. Lloyd nitpics about having modern roads in Gladiator and stuff like that
Did having modern roads have an essential part in Gladiator? No. It was a mistake.
Other things like wrong wheat, the term vikings, bad furniture etc etc none of them are essential to the story and are just mistakes.
>>1381510
so? he is just making fun of himself. it's something lot's of people lack nowdays
How has Christianity affected people's lives throughout the ages? How has this religion's role in peoples' lives changed over time?
>>1381414
All religions change overtime.
1st century Christianity is not the same as 2nd, 3rd, 4th... and so on.
Indeed, the fundamental tenants are the same, that of course being Jesus as Lord and Savior to all humanity.
Furthermore all religions change depending, not only on time, but also space. Where the religion spreads to will ultimately have it's own spin based on the culture that adopts it.
You see this dominantly in ritual, and scriptural interpretation, and indeed, the indigenous, religions do play an influential role in shaping the Christianity of that region.
South African Christianity, Chinese Christianity, Coptic Christianity (Egyptian), and American Christianity all look and feel very different.
But you are probably wondering why I didn't answer your question fully. That is because it is too big of a question to answer. As I just said, Christianity will have a different impact on different people across different places, and different points in time. Both good and bad.
>>1381414
The idea that the λόγος could be incarnate in a human being laid the foundation for humanism. This is why Christian civilization (312 AD - Present) has placed higher value on individual human beings than any other civilization on Earth.
>>1381552
>This is why Christian civilization (312 AD - Present) has placed higher value on individual human beings than any other civilization on Earth.
A bias, and somewhat hollow suggestion.
What are your opinions about Chamberlain?
It would make a good band name.
>>1381411
I'm with the revisionist historians. He did his best to keep the peace. The people mad that he didn't pull his dick out early to stop Hitler ignore the fact that:
>Britain wasn't ready to counter the Nazis. Even when they entered the war "late", mobilized "late, and committed to Total War "late", they still got the dick.
>After he died, British leadership threw Poland+Eastern Europe under the bus, making the whole thing a wank anyway.
>>1381439
I know he had the best intentions to stop the war, but why he tried so hard to stop the inevitable? Leaving alone the Czechs was a dick move also
Is pic related the most notorious sword fighter in history?
>>1381395
is this the samurai trilogy about musashi miyamoto starring toshino mifune?
king arthur is a bigger name world wide
>>1381533
>king arthur is a bigger name world wide
He is a knight. Not a duelist.
>is this the samurai trilogy about musashi miyamoto starring toshino mifune?
Yeah.
>>1381539
Names of the movies?
Was he a good guy or a bad guy?
>>1381261
Good guy because this is 4chan and we are edgy fuccbois and proud.
>>1381261
He was my friend. That's all that matters.
>>1381261
He was nicomedes lover. Pretty gay
Let's say we live in a different timeline. One where the U.S.A. sent back all the slaves before the north started their economic stranglehold on the south. The feds payed back the south for all the lost workers. What would it be like now? Would there still have been a civil war? Would we be stronger, or weaker?
The US would be about 97.3% better.
I did the math myself.
Seriously though, that would have solved about a century plus worth of political issues.
>>1381204
I was trying to think about the single most devastating thing that's happened to the US and it's definitely slaves and their descendants. Now, the remnants of the soviet machine chug on, asking us to let any black person pull a gun on a cop whenever they want. We'll probably never escape this.
>>1381204
Can you show your calculations that led you to that specific number?
