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200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar

Apparently the glorious canons of the politically correct are taking aim at historical battle reenactments.

Here's the story...with my cynical Royal Navy comments interjected in parenthesis:

23 May 2005
NELSON'S VICTORY IS 'NOT PC'
By Megan Lloyd Davies

A RERUN of one of Britain's most famous sea battles has fallen foul of political correctness.

It is 200 years since Nelson saw off French and Spanish forces at the Battle of Trafalgar.

But the organisers of a re-enactment next month have decided British forces cannot be allowed to beat their European adversaries. Instead, it will feature a battle between "red" and "blue" fleets.

The move is to stop visiting dignitaries - including several French VIPs - being offended.
(Also while visiting London the dignitaries will pass through "Trafalgar Square" which will be temporarily renamed "Anonymous 19th century Naval Sea Battle which may or may have not been a glorious victory which may or may not have stopped an anonymous tyrant's attempt at invading an anonymous island nation square")

The Royal Navy said: "This will not be a French-bashing opportunity."
(off record the Royal Navy spokesman then nudged his mate and while laughing, said: "Cuz we done enough of that already aint we?")

But sponsors are flabbergasted. One said: "It seems remarkable that we are not saying this is Britain versus France in this re-enactment. Surely 200 years on, we can afford to gloat a bit."

The event will be held on June 28 off Southsea, near the home of Nelson's fleet in Portsmouth.
(June 28th is my birthday!)

His 27 ships sank or captured two-thirds of a combined fleet of 33 French and Spanish vessels.
(And the RN can further gloat that they lost NONE of their vessels! You know, if it weren't for that slander campaign in the North to make the civil war into an issue of slavery, I bet we southern sympathizers could get them to make some PC changes to all those dastardly Gettysburg reenactments. How about instead of the Blue and the Grey we have the Mauve and Chartreuse.)

:)