2008/12/19 Roger Millin <[email protected]> > There is one other thing of which I am quite certain and that is that > we, the British public, will never know (or not until the 30/50/60 > year secrecy rule allows publication of the facts) the true details > of what went on behind the scenes to bring the conflict to an end. >
By which time, of course, no-one will care tuppence. And that is the thing about history. It is not just enlightening, it's dangerous. That's why it has to be kept under wraps. That's why it's been virtually obliterated from the national curriculum. I mean, we wouldn't want our young people to think that there's an alternative to the world we live in, would we? We wouldn't want them to realise that things like economic which they are taught as having the certainties of science are actually man-made constructs, as capable of change as the clothes they put on in the morning. Steve ps I actually think there's a lot coming out about recent history in Ireland, but in books rather than newspapers. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
