tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post6543162086586520286..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: ¡A mí la Legión!Anastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-13366582482075137772012-01-22T15:20:53.697-08:002012-01-22T15:20:53.697-08:00Chris, Guernica was an ugly episode in an ugly war...Chris, Guernica was an ugly episode in an ugly war, one that I could wish that never happened, just as I wish that communism had never blighted the history of twentieth century Europe. But, alas, wishes, will never make it so.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-18278789347404808422012-01-17T19:38:37.693-08:002012-01-17T19:38:37.693-08:00Ana, Kemp sounds a bit like that other great adven...Ana, Kemp sounds a bit like that other great adventurer, and peerless master of the English sentence, Patrick Leigh Fermor, whom we lost only last June.<br /><br />As appealing as your passionate admiration and exceptional gift for expression always is, and however justified it may well be in the case of Kemp himself, with respect to Franco and his legacy as a whole it seems a bit one-sided--what do you make of Guernica?Chris Coffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16599801901347194290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-61915756156398301282012-01-17T14:11:59.996-08:002012-01-17T14:11:59.996-08:00Richard, thanks. You are fast becoming one of my ...Richard, thanks. You are fast becoming one of my favourite authors. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-58905450523753280982012-01-17T14:10:54.048-08:002012-01-17T14:10:54.048-08:00Michael, yes, I agree.Michael, yes, I agree.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-47133052841765203732012-01-17T14:10:24.549-08:002012-01-17T14:10:24.549-08:00Anthony, as a serious political movement, yes. Th...Anthony, as a serious political movement, yes. There are still collectivist dangers, though.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-36964904491360727282012-01-17T14:09:22.098-08:002012-01-17T14:09:22.098-08:00Calvin, he certainly did.Calvin, he certainly did.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-5652450323052485422012-01-17T10:27:46.385-08:002012-01-17T10:27:46.385-08:00Ana another perceptive post on an interesting hist...Ana another perceptive post on an interesting historical episode. It seems foreign interests appeal to the romantic in us all, yet within war lie many misconceptions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-60347473280075794192012-01-17T01:50:36.118-08:002012-01-17T01:50:36.118-08:00Totally off topic - but how about a piece on the i...Totally off topic - but how about a piece on the idea of building the Queen a new Royal Yacht? I would contribute - but only if it was the property of the monarch. No governmental fingers at all.Michael J McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420031175369432868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-63816388231529664332012-01-16T19:35:10.039-08:002012-01-16T19:35:10.039-08:00looks like Kemp got around a bit. End of communism...looks like Kemp got around a bit. End of communism in Europe?anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-31900841906033449692012-01-16T19:07:50.416-08:002012-01-16T19:07:50.416-08:00I suppose one positive result of the Spanish Civil...I suppose one positive result of the Spanish Civil War was that it revealed the perfidy of the Soviets to people who had been seduced by their propaganda. I don't really know if there is ever a right side in a civil war; too often there are simply many wrong sides, once the fighting begins.<br /><br />Kemp must have had quite an exciting life.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.com