Heald, Tim writes: I was taught that the British won. Larry duked it out with somebody over this a few months back -- I had to go finish a paper or something -- and I am not sure whether they settled on tied or not. If the British burned the White House down though, I suspect that you have to get into some rather Clintonian definitions of lose to say the Americans didn't lose. I think the Canadian attitude is, unsuccessful invasion = loss.
Dana > I always thought that was a tie :) > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 4:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Hidden Agenda Deck of Cards > > > <g> isn't that stuff fun? When I went to primary school I learned that > there were the Canadians, and there were the British. My cousins were > learning that there were the Canadians and then there were the French <g> > Kind of like Americans claiming that the US has never lost a war cause > Tricky Dick said so. Where I came from they lost the was of 1812 for a > start... > > Dana > > Haggerty, Mike writes: > > > Who decides what sides are legitimate? > > > > Growing up in Maryland, I learned of the civil war in school. Friends and > > relations from Virginia knew nothing of what I spoke, having been taught > > about a 'War of Northern Aggression' instead. > > > > M > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 3:28 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Hidden Agenda Deck of Cards > > > > > > I don't care what she does in her free time, as long as she keeps her bias > > out of the classroom. Present both sides of arguments if you are a > teacher, > > whether you agree with them or not, that's your job. What good is an > > educator that only teaches one side of the story? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
