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Re: Historical fudging...
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Tue, 17 Dec 2002 20:01:14 GMT
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Oh dear,
we wouldn't want the americans to be beaten at something, now would we...
For a few centuries everyone believed good 'ole Cristopher was the first
european to find America. Now we know better: the vikings beat him by some
four centuries, the Irish by about a millenium.
For centuries we believed the technique of printing books was invented in
Europe. Now we know better: the Chinese invented the same principle around
the same time.
Just because they haven't the proof yet doesn't mean it can't be true...
Duq
"David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message
news:H79wKC.8Bu@lugnet.com...
> http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Southwest/12/17/ezekiel.aircraft/index.html
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> And another story from last week that said, iirc, someone in Italy was the
> first to fly, and not the Wright brothers.
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> This is much akin to the little fiasco a few months back about denouncing • G
> Bell as the original inventor of the telephone.
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> Look folks, after 100 years of nothing, coming up and saying *now* that
> these folks were not the first to do these things... I mean, to fix
> historical inaccuracies is one thing, but to say "Well so and so flew but • we
> lost the plane and all proof but he flew a year before the Wright
> brothers..." just bugs me.
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> It's like a National Enquirer article--"Baby born with two tails"--yeah,
> well, whatever.
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> Dave K
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| (...) Impossible! We're the greatest nation in the country! Actually, I think the real test of an invention's precedence comes in its fecundity. It's all well and good that the ancient Greeks developed the principle of the steam engine, but if it (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) And in a pure historical context, the ancient Incas and Aztecs had working calendars far before most other civilizations. I heard it said that Inca's had suspension bridges, 'paved' walkways, and glass, and just about everything, except they (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, actually, the article talks about the contender being in Texas, and although some Texans I have met love to rave about how they can leave the Union at will, they are still American enough, that if someone were only concerned about having (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (URL) another story from last week that said, iirc, someone in Italy was the first to fly, and not the Wright brothers. This is much akin to the little fiasco a few months back about denouncing G Bell as the original inventor of the telephone. Look (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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