Wind-Up Rubber Finger - Latest Comments on What Ever Happened to World History? http://winduprubberfinger.com/blog1.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 OGRE [Member] in response to: What Ever Happened to World History? Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:14:14 +0000 OGRE [Member] c130@http://winduprubberfinger.com/ Re: Greg<br /> <br /> <blockquote>We still have the Constitutional authority to take back our government from the radical Marxists that control it.</blockquote><br /> <br /> At least for now we do. The question is, will we when the time comes to take back our government?<br /> <br /> Will there be a voting czar next?
We still have the Constitutional authority to take back our government from the radical Marxists that control it.


At least for now we do. The question is, will we when the time comes to take back our government?

Will there be a voting czar next?]]> http://winduprubberfinger.com/blog1.php/2009/11/04/what-ever-happened-to-world-history#c130 OGRE [Member] in response to: What Ever Happened to World History? Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:07:24 +0000 OGRE [Member] c129@http://winduprubberfinger.com/ Re: Hollie<br /> <br /> <blockquote>What if we stopped teaching our kids about slavery in the U.S.? Maybe we just told them instead that people were simply brought here and paid for their services? Why teach about and risk perpetuating things we know are wrong? MAYBE SO IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN! We must tell our history with complete accuracy, or it was all for naught!</blockquote><br /> <br /> This is true. American history is often taught from a ridiculous standpoint. I remember when we were learning in high school about the history of the United States. There was plenty taught about The Declaration of Independence, but little was taught as to why anyone would want to create a new country. Perhaps this would have been too "anti-British," in some fools eyes. Either way, the details were missing. How come there was little taught about the writings of the founding fathers? The writings of the people who envisioned this country would be the best place to learn about its founding. This is, in large part, why you have people running around talking about government "making things fair." This can only happen if one of two things are true; either the "make things fair" people were never taught about the founding of this country, or they were and completely disagree with it. I think they were never taught about it in the first place. To teach <i>true</i> American history would be politically incorrect.
What if we stopped teaching our kids about slavery in the U.S.? Maybe we just told them instead that people were simply brought here and paid for their services? Why teach about and risk perpetuating things we know are wrong? MAYBE SO IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN! We must tell our history with complete accuracy, or it was all for naught!


This is true. American history is often taught from a ridiculous standpoint. I remember when we were learning in high school about the history of the United States. There was plenty taught about The Declaration of Independence, but little was taught as to why anyone would want to create a new country. Perhaps this would have been too "anti-British," in some fools eyes. Either way, the details were missing. How come there was little taught about the writings of the founding fathers? The writings of the people who envisioned this country would be the best place to learn about its founding. This is, in large part, why you have people running around talking about government "making things fair." This can only happen if one of two things are true; either the "make things fair" people were never taught about the founding of this country, or they were and completely disagree with it. I think they were never taught about it in the first place. To teach true American history would be politically incorrect.]]> http://winduprubberfinger.com/blog1.php/2009/11/04/what-ever-happened-to-world-history#c129 Hollie [Visitor] in response to: What Ever Happened to World History? Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:31:49 +0000 Hollie [Visitor] c128@http://winduprubberfinger.com/ I am just a few years older than you, but I do remember learning about the events that led up to the major wars. But like you, I was a poor student of history and can't remember much about it. Something about the shooting of Archduke Ferdinand (guessing)? While it may be true that more background info could have been presented to us as students, I don't necessarily think that we would have listened. People just don't care much about the past -- until they are directly affected in the present. By then, studying time is long gone!<br /> <br /> One concept I became aware of though viewing The Truth Project (find a group at thetruthproject.org) is historical revisionism. Basically, when history IS presented, parts of it are omitted or changed. Those who read this "new" history will reach a different conclusion about what happened and why.<br /> <br /> What if we stopped teaching our kids about slavery in the U.S.? Maybe we just told them instead that people were simply brought here and paid for their services? Why teach about and risk perpetuating things we know are wrong? MAYBE SO IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN! We must tell our history with complete accuracy, or it was all for naught!
One concept I became aware of though viewing The Truth Project (find a group at thetruthproject.org) is historical revisionism. Basically, when history IS presented, parts of it are omitted or changed. Those who read this "new" history will reach a different conclusion about what happened and why.

What if we stopped teaching our kids about slavery in the U.S.? Maybe we just told them instead that people were simply brought here and paid for their services? Why teach about and risk perpetuating things we know are wrong? MAYBE SO IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN! We must tell our history with complete accuracy, or it was all for naught!]]> http://winduprubberfinger.com/blog1.php/2009/11/04/what-ever-happened-to-world-history#c128