History is written by the victors, it is re-written two or three
generations later to show the flaws, long after the principals are dead
and can no longer defend themselves. Cynically I see that as being why
the judgment of history usually waits about 100 years. By then no one
really cares.
Boris Liberman wrote:
> Paul,
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> America before the Europeans was no Eden. There was an interesting
>> article in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago concerning the
>> mythology of the native Americans vs. the reality. The reality, in
>> many cases, was rape, child molestation and sacrifice and even
>> cannibalism. Running Bear and Little White Dove exist only in pop
>> culture. Paul
>>
>
> There is yet another saying, which I don't remember exactly who produced
> the first. Loosely translated from the way I know it, it sounds like
> this: "History is always (re)written by the victors"...
>
> See my hint?
>
> Boris
>
>
>
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