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Favourite Dictators/Historical Leaders
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RE: Favourite Dictators/Historical Leaders
(May 21, 2012 at 6:19 pm)liam Wrote: the proletariat.

The proletariat/lumpen proletariat/great unwashed/ cannon fodder, are sheep which wonder aimlessly without a shepherd.
(May 21, 2012 at 8:00 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal, Al Hadji, Doctor, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular. Oh, and the last King of Scotland, Idi Amin Dada.


Enjoyed killing people with a baseball bat and died of syphilis*. Also awarded himself the Victoria Cross. (the VC is what the Medal Of Honour might be when it grows up) Angel Cloud


*or was that Al Capone? I get them mixed up.

Quote:So Suetonius....writing nearly 100 years later...says.

If you believe Suetonius; I don't,at least not a lot.Thinking
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Favourite Dictators/Historical Leaders - by Napoléon - May 21, 2012 at 5:40 pm
RE: Favourite Dictators/Historical Leaders - by Tobie - May 21, 2012 at 5:46 pm
RE: Favourite Dictators/Historical Leaders - by liam - May 21, 2012 at 6:19 pm
RE: Favourite Dictators/Historical Leaders - by padraic - May 21, 2012 at 9:51 pm

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