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Churchill's Cigar Airbrushed Out 
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A museum has doctored an image of Winston Churchill to make it more palatable to a contemporary audience. The original image, in which Churchill makes a V for victory sign with his hand while a half-smoked cigar pokes out of the corner of his mouth, has been airbrushed to remove the cigar entirely. The doctored image hangs over the main entrance to The Winston Churchill’s Britain at War Experience in London.


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Not sure it needed to be airbrushed out...


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A museum editing history. A museum. Jesus Christ.


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It's not even been done very well...


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Stupid idea. You can't apply modern standards to the past

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Without the cigar it looks like he's having a stroke. This is ridiculous.

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I'm getting some rather fine imported cigars for my graduation day, figured I might as well live it up like someone who has money considering I'm spending £40 on a 1 hour hire of a sheet, a couple of scarves/big ties and hat.....

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I have a monstrously large cigar which I expect to eat soon on my 40th birthday.

Yep, I said "eat". It's made from chocolate :lol:

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I have a monstrously large cigar which I expect to eat soon on my 40th birthday.

Yep, I said "eat". It's made from chocolate :lol:

And there was me thinking you were a tobacco-chewer....

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And there was me thinking you were a tobacco-chewer....

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FFS, let's make history look pretty for the little people.

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FFS, let's make history look pretty for the little people.


Holocaust? What holocaust?

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Stupid idea. You can't apply modern standards to the past

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There was uproar when the cigarette was airbrushed out of Paul MacCartney’s hand from the Abby Road album cover a few years ago.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2681219.stm

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