Lord Kitchener

Dear all.Apropros of nothing at all BUT I have just read a passage wherin Lord Kitchener was described as "the noble homosexual".True or false?Please bear in mind that I am not going use this as an excuse for "queer-bashing" it ,if true, does ,however, pose interesting questions for todays homophobes.Our American cousins should remember that the highest decorated soldier in the 2nd war was Audie Murphy who was also a reputed homosexual. Regards.andy the tyke

[mike_baram]

I can't vouch for Kitchener, and I'm really surprised at the idea of Audie Murph being a homosexual, (but 'quien sabe' for sure?).
However, it's pretty obvious that Lord Baden-Powell started the boy scouts to guarantee himself a supply of young lads.

[Vigilant]

I think that's an outrageous allegation! A chap writes a book called "Scouting for Boys" and he never hears the end of it

There is clearly no incompatibility with 'batting for the other side' and military prowess. The elite troops of ancient Greece were the Theban Band, who were all as they say very close to each other. The idea was that lovers would fight to the death to protect each other - or else for revenge. They fought to the last man against the Persians in the early 5th C. BC.

Vigilant

There has always been the suspicion about Albert Ball.

[mike_baram]

It was said of Julius Caesar that he was "a wife to his men and husband to their wives". And the legions were no slouches when it came to conquest.