Many remain unaware that even after WWI, men who fought in the British Army were still being executed for alleged crimes committed between 1914-1918. This included the Chinese labourers (disparagingly referred to in British military records as ‘Coolies’) F Y Wan, C M Hei, C H K’hung and C. C. Wang.
Category: Human Interest
Anything that does not fit into to any of the other specific categories and is of general interest!
The Private Train Companies are Killing Us for Profit!
So bad and vicious was the fighting that the British Transport Police were called-out to perform the unusual task of ‘riot control’, but from what I heard at the time, many officers were traumatised by the order to ‘beat back’ the fighting passengers, whilst trying to avoid hitting babies, children the elderly and pregnant women!
George Blake: First Black Buddhist Monk
As far as I am aware, Mr George Blake is still alive and 94 years old. He fought in the Royal Air Force during WWII, and was probably the first ever ‘Black’ Buddhist monk.
Mozi: Benefitting Others
The sayings of Mozi (470-391 BC). Mozi advocated self-development, empirical observation, and universal love to all beings.
Gilgul: Jewish Rebirth Theory
It appears that the Jewish faith has only possessed a ‘rebirth’ theory since around the assumed time of Jesus Christ.
May Mimicking Major at Lords!
The Tories may well think that due to Labour’s own in-fighting, Theresa May will win the next election by ‘default’, and to do this, they are copying John Major’s style of an apparently relaxed exterior, whilst the Tory government carried-out the ruthless class-led politics of further enriching the middle classes at the perpetual expense of the workers.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 