Comments on: Saturday, 29 May 1909

By: Airminded · Post-blogging the 1909 scareships: thoughts and conclusions

Airminded · Post-blogging the 1909 scareships: thoughts and conclusions — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:12:19 +0000

[...] And, to be fair, real evidence of a hoax did turn up, in the form of a crashed airship and a claim that Jarrott and Letts, purveyors of fine motorcars from the Continent, had been towing it around the Eastern Counties at [...]

By: Airminded · Tuesday, 1 June 1909

Airminded · Tuesday, 1 June 1909 — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:21:42 +0000

[...] supported conscription); the collapse of Britain’s diplomatic position (somewhat at odds with the Foreign Secretary’s opinion, it would seem); the deleterious effect of a lack of British military power on its seapower; Lord [...]

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Sat, 30 May 2009 06:14:40 +0000

I’m sure that’s part of it; I doubt everyone who read The Invasion of 1910 or saw An Englishman’s Home did so because they wanted a sober analysis of Britain’s defence situation. They did so for the thrills and scares, and phantom airships were surely part of that whole entertainment complex.

By: Erik Lund

Erik Lund — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:39:37 +0000

Maybe instead of not being scared, it is more like “we really enjoy being scared.” When is being scared, not being scared? I assume that someone has looked at this wrt to horror movies.