GrumpyGregry
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We can but hope.2208245 said:Yes, the censure of the BBC is likely to be the straw that breaks that camels back.
Though damnatio memoriae does feel a little dated.
We can but hope.2208245 said:Yes, the censure of the BBC is likely to be the straw that breaks that camels back.
Ask them about King Louis of England and the treaty of Lambeth. It is an interesting example.2208267 said:I shall have to ask a grown up what that means
The much beloved 'King of the Swingers' of my youth? I fear that's a title far to likely to be misinterpreted these days, creating quite a different image in one's mind.2208283 said:King Louis of England? The only King Louis that springs to mind was a jungle VIP.
Tis true. Never officially crowned although as such he reigned for about a year after King John. We never hear about him of course... history is the propagnda of the victor and all that
Since he was never crowned he was never King, merely a claimant to the throne, so he never 'reigned'. He tried to conquer the country but failed and was eventually beaten back, and we ended up with Henry III, who was crowned and therefore was king. The comparison can be made to William I, who was also only a claimant until he was crowned after defeating Harold.
Interesting that you should mention William because it strikes me that Louis's claim to the throne was similar to Harold Godwinson's - the difference being the technicality that Harold had a willing bishop handy to officially pop the crown on his head.
and for you non-Guardian readers, an article on possible use of lie detector tests in doping cases (not much apparently)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/dec/18/lie-detectors-doping-sport
He's guilty, most of us have known that he's guilty for aeons, even Livestrong and Trek have accepted that he's guilty - WTF?Lance Armstrong's lawyer said he 'wouldn't challenge a lie detector test, with good equipment, properly administered which makes you wonder why he has not proposed that his client takes one. I would have thought the outcome would give more weight to one side of Lances denial or the other.