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Roger Casement

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The Resume

    (September 1, 1864-August 3, 1916)
    Born in Dublin, Ireland
    British consul in Congo and Brazil
    Advocate for Irish independence
    Attempted to secure German aid for Irish independence during World War I and attempted to recruit an Irish Brigade from POWs in Germany
    Captured on his return to Ireland, convicted of treason and executed

Why he might be annoying:

    He blamed World War I on British aggression.
    He was stripped of his knighthood after his conviction.
    His 'Black Diaries' revealed himself as a promiscuous homosexual with a fondness for boys and young men.
    Irish nationalists insisted that the diaries were forgeries to blacken his reputation, but later handwriting and forensics experts concluded that the diaries were genuine.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He exposed King Leopold II's enslavement of the people of the Belgian Congo.
    He exposed abuses against the Putumayo Indians on rubber plantations in Peru.
    He was knighted for his anti-slavery work (1911).
    Ironically, he had returned to Ireland to convince other nationalists to call off the planned Easter Rising, which he believed was doomed to fail.
    The British government used the Black Diaries to undermine a campaign to have Casement's sentence reduced.
    Fifty years after his death, he was given a state funeral in Dublin.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 73.91% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 118 Votes: 72.88% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 67.86% Annoying