Archive for April 30th, 2015
Anzacs behaving badly: Historically, McIntyre is not all that far off the mark
Posted by John, April 30th, 2015 - under Scott McIntyre.
Tags: ANZAC day, ANZACS
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Historically speaking then, McIntyre is not all that far off the mark, but he has been sacrificed on the altar of populist outrage. The response to McIntyre’s tweets is a demonstration that the popular perception of Anzac is completely out of step with the historical reality – but his remarks are also timely. We should not forget that war is never a one-sided affair in which our boys are squeaky-clean heroes and their boys murdering, raping villains.