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[theweaselking]

The First World War is finally ending.

Comments

[iblis-kukl.livejournal.com]

[fridgepunk.livejournal.com]

NOT THAT THE TELEGRAPH IS HUNG UP ABOUT IT OR ANYTHING.

O HAI THERE factual-errors-easily-checkable-by-wikipedia.

Telegraph sez:

to pay the Allies some of the costs of waging what was then the bloodiest conflict in history, leaving nearly ten million soldiers dead.

Wikipedia sez: "bloodiest in history"? HAHA. NO. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion)

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Obviously Chinese people are smaller, and contain less than half as much blood as the decadent Europeans.

[almostwitty]

If the Brits weren't involved, the Telegraph isn't interested.

[fridgepunk.livejournal.com]

We actually waged one of the Opium Wars during that civil war, and set fire to the chinese emperor's summer home in the process while selling guns to both sides.

war

[disgruntledgrrl.livejournal.com]

...war never changes

Re: war

[mejoff.livejournal.com]

But... huh, what is it good for?

Re: war

[maelorin]

absolutely nothing

[for values of 'nothing' that vary depending upon whom you ask]

[maelorin]

history. we're still not learning.