Yeah, he's from Canada and he's pouting because we don't mention them enough.
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > um. > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What's wrong with that? >> >> >> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> sam, >>> >>> US history classes teach a very biased view of history, its >>> triumphalism to the extreme at times. for instance little or no >>> mention of the invasions of Canada during the American revolution, the >>> War of 1812, and the various Fenian raids. When the War of 1812 is >>> mentioned, its mostly New Orleans in 1815 and a few naval battles. >>> Nothing about the Niagara or North West Campaigns, or destruction of >>> the towns along the Frontier in the middle of winter or the Indian >>> massacres. >>> >>> I've just finished reviewing one textbook that was simply odious in >>> the way it treated the time period from 1756 through 1820, and this >>> one is currently used in many states. >>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318357 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
