tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542266482653321129.post510768217317929658..comments2024-03-26T23:48:16.328+00:00Comments on Niko's Bar: Nikostratoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581441869560921339noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542266482653321129.post-48463744146052486662012-02-06T21:19:10.772+00:002012-02-06T21:19:10.772+00:00Thanks for the translation tris I still think that...Thanks for the translation tris I still think that he thinks that Labour is left wing, I wonder what mind controlling drug is he on as it is pretty strong.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542266482653321129.post-63393546825379340592012-02-06T20:47:57.517+00:002012-02-06T20:47:57.517+00:00Flags for patriots.............“Patriotism is the ...Flags for patriots.............“Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” and snp Nationalist <br /><br /><br />‘lies, damned lies, and statistics.’”Nikostratoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581441869560921339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542266482653321129.post-73349301409141620532012-02-06T20:46:18.530+00:002012-02-06T20:46:18.530+00:00Ah, CH, Bow before this master. For if this is ind...Ah, CH, Bow before this master. For if this is indeed the work of our Niko, then he is none other than the revered war poet Wilfred Owen. He must be knocking on a bit though, because he was the official poet for the First World War.<br /><br />Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori = It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country.<br /><br />As daft then as it is now, in English or Latin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542266482653321129.post-29521636624975172652012-02-06T20:34:37.134+00:002012-02-06T20:34:37.134+00:00Your prose is far better than your poll interpreta...Your prose is far better than your poll interpretation not that I understood it and my latin is far worse. Personal opinions don't make facts and the pollster you are taking your figures from predicted 69 Labour MSPs last May, oops.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542266482653321129.post-19114110374192951222012-02-06T20:22:14.507+00:002012-02-06T20:22:14.507+00:00CH
If in some smothering dreams, you too could p...CH<br /><br /><br />If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace<br />Behind the wagon that we flung him in,<br />And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,<br />His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin,<br />If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood<br />Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs<br />Bitter as the cud<br />Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, —<br />My friend, you would not tell with such high zest<br />To children ardent for some desperate glory,<br /><br /><br />The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est<br />Pro patria mori. <br /><br />And no one lies more than the NationalistsNikostratoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581441869560921339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542266482653321129.post-69839890160817833812012-02-06T19:46:27.619+00:002012-02-06T19:46:27.619+00:00Niko's flag<a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/58329000/jpg/_58329821_013929491-1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Niko's flag</a>cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.com