Don't have time to get into that today, but my point was just the way history is taught. I was taught A, you were taught B.
Both sides are probably saying they won because gee they were invaded and did not lose any territory. (I believe the British invaded as retaliation for the raid on Canada? The Americans were allied with the French, who were at war with Britain at the time, and they picked on Canada because it was closer than Britain but a British territory at the time, is what I understand) Dana William Wheatley writes: > Not really that the british won > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:37 AM > Subject: Re: Hidden Agenda Deck of Cards > > > > I was talking about the Americans invading Canada. But ok, the Germans > > invaded several countries, ultimately unsuccessfully, and they lost. > > > > In other words I don't what "not really" is supposed to apply to. > > > > Dana > > > > William Wheatley writes: > > > > > well not really think of everything that the germans blew to shit in WW2 > but > > > they still lost in the end. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:58 AM > > > Subject: Re: Hidden Agenda Deck of Cards > > > > > > > > > > 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
