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Every country has heroes. Most times, those heroes are heroes because they fought some foreign power. George Washington, so beloved of Americans, was a traitor to the British crown, destroying the first British Empire. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, so beloved of Indians, was another extremely disloyal British subject who through leading a campaign of civil disobedience detached the jewel, India, from the second British Empire. Jose Rizal (left), hero to Filipinos, fought the Spanish and was eventually executed by firing squad. Genghis Khan, inspiration to all Mongolians, conquered China. Charles XII of Sweden was a scourge to Denmark, Poland and Russia.
A town in Cambodia is called ‘Siem Reap’, which means ‘Siam Vanquished’, celebrating a victory in that area by Khmer King Ang Chan over the Siamese. Trafalgar Square in London commemorates Lord Nelson’s defeat of the combined French and Spanish navies during the Napoleonic Wars. Waterloo Street in Singapore likewise rubs salt into French wounds, being named after the place where Napoleon....
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21-02-2014, 05:20 PM
Let others have their heroes....
