On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote:
> There is simply too much information to present it all. I don't see > anything wrong with focusing on one aspect or another. It is > unfortunate that some people are ignorant of the contributions of > other nations, but I don't think this is unique to America and I don't > expect this one special to resolve that ignorance. > > I do share some of Larry's frustrations with Americans seeming lack of knowledge about the history of WW2....and really history in general. I mean, if you asked 10 random Americans on the street to tell you even when the war occurred, or who comprised the Axis powers, etc....how many correct answers do you think you'd get? It just frustrates me sometime.....perhaps if the main battles of WW2 had been fought on American soil (instead of European or southeast Asia), we would be more well versed as a society. I wonder how much of America's seeming lack of interest in historical events is due to the fact that just about all of them occurred "way over there"...? -- You can get killed just for living in Your American skin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308299 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
