OLIVER CROMWELL, EVIL DICTATOR OR A HERO?

OLIVER CROMWELL, EVIL DICTATOR OR A HERO?

[+] serious ballot by winston
created Wed Feb 14, 07
Oliver Cromwell was the Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, who won the English civil war against the royalists. He was also a fierce puritan who banned fun activities such as football.

Some see Cromwell as a hero, (he was voted tenth greatest Briton of all time) where others see him as a cruel dictator who was a complete hypocrite, for example he ended up having more power than Charles the first, the man he beheaded in order to free England of tyranny.

My grandparents are from Drogheda in Ireland, and they are certain that Cromwell nailed babies to the doors of churches when he invaded. They and my mother think that Cromwell was an evil dictator. My father on the other hand admires Cromwell for his military skills and for his role in revolutionising armies.

So who is right, was Cromwell an evil dictator, or was he a hero?

Evil dictator
Hero
Total NutJob: but smart

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COMMENTS:
Probably both. I wish I knew more about the guy. Didn't King Chuck lose his head or something?

by skylab on Wed Feb 14, 07 8:36pm [+]

Yeah, you can go and see the shirt that he wore when he was beheaded at Warwick castle, still with the blood stains on it.

Oliver Cromwell was also beheaded, though it was after his death. He was dug up, hung and beheaded, with his head being left on a pike at some palace for twenty years.

by winston on Wed Feb 14, 07 8:44pm [+]

Voted : Total NutJob: but smart
sidenote--Didn't he also outlaw Christmas?

by contragrain on Wed Feb 14, 07 10:21pm [+]

Yes I believe he did, evil bastard.

by winston on Thu Feb 15, 07 5:50am [+]

Voted : Evil dictator
And, for once, Deity worked things the right way, the day he sent Ollie rolling. Well, from the neck up, anyway...

by Truthseeker013 on Thu Feb 15, 07 3:15pm [+]

Bit of both. He was a bastard who ended up becoming a tyrant, and thousands died in his campaigns. But he put Britain on the road to being a true parlimentary democracy and the greatest power in the world. As for his exploits in Ireland, they have been wildly exaggerated. Putting the garrison of Drogheda to the sword was in full compliance with the rules of war in the 17th century, even if today we would view it as barbaric.

by Chomsky on Fri Feb 16, 07 4:13am [+]

One of my ancestors was imprisoned by him for a while but then was later released.

by UncleMax on Tue Oct 14, 08 3:21am [+]