The word apologists used to describe Mr Smith was paternalist, and his Rhodesia was sometimes cast as nothing worse than a slightly more rough-and-tumble version of the British home counties: Surrey with the lunatic fringe on top.

• 辩护者们用于描绘史密斯先生的词便是“家长做派”，而且他的罗得西亚时常也被描述成为一个比英国本土城镇更糟糕透顶的地方：就像英国萨里那样，由一班狂乱分子掌控。