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Re: Historical fudging...
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Tue, 17 Dec 2002 21:12:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ronald Vallenduuk writes:
> Oh dear,
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> we wouldn't want the americans to be beaten at something, now would we...
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 America being the first to fly, then I doubt this
would be a concern for them either way. So, I don't quite get your jab.
> 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.
Curiously though, your own word betray a possible desire to have the West as
the center of world history by only mentioning the Europeans who beat
Columbus here. I seem to recall legends of there having been some other
cultures residing on these lands over 10,000 years before Leif Erickson or
any Celtic people got here. I'm talking about the poor nations that were
conquered with unjust predjudice by the immigrants that settled here more
recently. A few are still around. Not far from me, they built a casino.
> 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.
And gunpowder. BANG!
> Just because they haven't the proof yet doesn't mean it can't be true...
How does this comment tie to the Chinese paper example? I don't recall the
Chinese ever lacking in proof that they had printing presses.
Regardless, until the proof of something is made public, we should not and
cannot accept it as truth. To do so is to promote sensationalism, which can
easily become propaganda or worse.
-H.
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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, (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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