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themanintheseersuckersuit
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Tue May 12, 2015 7:55 pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... riner.html
Tony "Lofty" Eldridge, who has died aged 91, led the last human torpedo attack of the Second World War, which sank two Japanese ships off Phuket.
On the night of On the night of the attack, as Butch and I dressed, we included our personal weapons, 25 gold sovereigns, silk maps, button compasses sewn into our clothing, and we each included a cyanide capsule. attack, as Butch and I dressed, we included our ch included a cyanide capsule. weapons, 25 gold sovereigns, silk maps, button compasses sewn into our clothing, and we Each included a cyanide capsule
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Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
