Thursday, June 16, 2011

They Shot Admiral Byng, Remember

The First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, inadvertently spoke truth to power.

Oops. He won't do that again.

Pour encourager les autres!*








*Voltaire, Candide: "in this country, it is good to kill, from time to time, an admiral to encourage the others" (Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres).

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