Responding to my repost of Madame Butterfly's story of anti-Catholic hatred in England and my subsequent comments,
Martin said...
I thought there might be some consternation at Becket's choice! The word 'fittingly' seems extraordinary, though I wouldn't quite go as far as you have.
Marty, baby. That's why I'm here. To boldly go where the milquetoast among us won't.
The worst choice for me was the Ripper, as we don't know who he (or she, or they) was, how many he killed (the usual guess is 5, very convincing arguments have been made for 3 and none at all for that matter, I don't have any idea where that 200 figure came from and it's way off the scale of academic guesses) or, most obviously, whether he was actually British (a number of leading suspects weren't). I can't think someone that ambiguous should be included.
Jack The Ripper has always had better PR people.
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