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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 796408" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Why is my view of history jaded and thus your's is not? Because you adhere to a majority view? Because you adhere to the view of those who won? Why does that make the views or opinions of those that lost any least valuable or worthwhile? What for example would your POV be worth had the british won the American Revolution or had the south won the civil war? What if Germany had won WW1 or even WW2? At the time Anne Frank was considered a party of the losers and yet today she is regarded and held in high honor. How about Rosa Parks? </p><p> </p><p>Did you ever hear of Edward Bernays? You should google and study up a bit and then you'd understand the importance and need of looking at bothsides before you reach conclusion on a topic. And even then you may not have all the facts but at least you're trying to get what you can.</p><p> </p><p>[video=youtube;V0OrT-8gXMs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0OrT-8gXMs[/video]</p><p> </p><p>As I was responding to Over's post and his comment, "History is written by the victor" which is true but I also commented back to this very point that Over had made, Howard Zinn wrote his book on history not from the victor's POV but rather looking at it from the one's who lost. When one does "due dilegence" on any matter or subject, it's best to also consider from all angles, not just one.</p><p> </p><p>Dutch philosopher and theologian Soren Kierkegaard once said:</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I'll leave it there!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 796408, member: 2189"] Why is my view of history jaded and thus your's is not? Because you adhere to a majority view? Because you adhere to the view of those who won? Why does that make the views or opinions of those that lost any least valuable or worthwhile? What for example would your POV be worth had the british won the American Revolution or had the south won the civil war? What if Germany had won WW1 or even WW2? At the time Anne Frank was considered a party of the losers and yet today she is regarded and held in high honor. How about Rosa Parks? Did you ever hear of Edward Bernays? You should google and study up a bit and then you'd understand the importance and need of looking at bothsides before you reach conclusion on a topic. And even then you may not have all the facts but at least you're trying to get what you can. [video=youtube;V0OrT-8gXMs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0OrT-8gXMs[/video] As I was responding to Over's post and his comment, "History is written by the victor" which is true but I also commented back to this very point that Over had made, Howard Zinn wrote his book on history not from the victor's POV but rather looking at it from the one's who lost. When one does "due dilegence" on any matter or subject, it's best to also consider from all angles, not just one. Dutch philosopher and theologian Soren Kierkegaard once said: I'll leave it there! [/QUOTE]
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