tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042030196992977344.post165853463868857773..comments2022-06-18T04:28:12.041+01:00Comments on Hidden Tracks: William (well, James Fitzjames really) hits the airwavesWilliam Battersbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00452863778733148002noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042030196992977344.post-88790873441237250302010-08-10T19:08:46.885+01:002010-08-10T19:08:46.885+01:00I so, so agree with you. No-one can bring these p...I so, so agree with you. No-one can bring these poor chaps back to life, but I have found that by taking the troble to understand them and read what they left behind, it is possible to help the wider public understands them better.<br /><br />Russell Potter wrote a very interesting post relating to this here: <br /><br />http://visionsnorth.blogspot.com/2009/04/library-of-erebus-and-terror.htmlWilliam Battersbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452863778733148002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042030196992977344.post-72881418169142466792010-08-10T17:55:37.036+01:002010-08-10T17:55:37.036+01:00Dear Mr. Battersby:
Below you will find my Facebo...Dear Mr. Battersby:<br /><br />Below you will find my Facebook comment you requested I add to your blog:<br /><br />I agree with you about the men of the Expedition receiving such little appreciation and sympathy.<br /><br />I may be one of the few to state that I was horrified when I read Dan Simmons' trash "The Terror". It made me angry to think that these brave 19th century men suffered horribly -- HORRIBLY -- and to have their tragedy turned into a ca$h cow from the mind of a PERVERTED and juvenile 21st century hack as he sits comfortably in his heated and, no doubt well-victualed home here in America is intolerable. I am sure none of us will ever have to face such unspeakable torments of mind, body and soul as they did.<br /><br />I don't know why I took this so personally, but having read some of the letters of the officers and crew it was obvious, whatever their personal faults and defects were, they were good, moral Christian men who believed in God and I do honestly pray, when I think of them, that God did in fact have mercy on their souls and who knows, in the last moments of their lives, He deigned to enlighten them on the purpose of their sufferings; for those of us Christians know that no suffering is truly without merit when accepted and offered in union with Christ's.<br /><br />Your Friend across The Water,<br /><br />KCAveMarisStellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155487486696586491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042030196992977344.post-38299488551275262762010-08-09T16:16:29.183+01:002010-08-09T16:16:29.183+01:00I've just finished listening to your interview...I've just finished listening to your interview, and it was great! You did very well, and Leader is a fine interviewer.<br /><br />--David FarmerDavid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17034891361926618042noreply@blogger.com