"...a sporting chance of escape."
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anteros_lmcC.Northcote Parkinson might be a sarcastic old bugger but he does have a way with words sometimes. Here he is on press gangs and conscription...
"Conscription in the twentieth century is the updated press-gang, lacking the picturesque details but lacking also the sporting chance of escape."
The Use of a Gentleman, or Patronage for the Admiralty published by T. Tegg
Quote from: Northcote Parkinson, c., (1977), Britannia Rules, Book Club Associates, London. Image from British Museum.
"Conscription in the twentieth century is the updated press-gang, lacking the picturesque details but lacking also the sporting chance of escape."
The Use of a Gentleman, or Patronage for the Admiralty published by T. Tegg
Quote from: Northcote Parkinson, c., (1977), Britannia Rules, Book Club Associates, London. Image from British Museum.
