In my mind a controversial historian
is akin to saying a controversial tea lady, or controversial lawnsman, ie it means fuck all, rather like the philosophers strike in the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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Brandy_Bumwinkle, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 12:00,
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or Alexei Sayles sketch about a Film Critics Strike
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4UKNcDkyqng
(, Mon 10 Nov 2008, 12:25, Reply)