I cannot say I truly regret that lack of historic knowledge by the population at large.
One of the (in my mind) wonderful parts of the United States of America is the lack of historic baggage (compared to other countries). We seem to have the same knack as a good NFL quarterback to almost instantly forgetting the past mistakes, only remembering the good plats. This tends to make us more likely to repeat those mistakes, but we don't usually waste too much time worrying about past insults. We instead ask "what have you done for me lately". England, France. Japan. Russia. Heck, I don't think most Americans have any problem with Iran that couldn't be solved with a change in leadership there. This lets us concentrate our energies on improving ourselves, rather than worrying about what old enemies are doing. Which has helped make the US such a success. We may not be bright, but we are usually pleasant. I have personally broken up a number of shoving matches (and one fist fight) at my apartment complex when arguments over 900 year old battles IN INDIA have gotten too heated. Just let it go, for God's sake. So I would say to all those countries that want to teach us World History, in our best Lennie voice, "tell about the rabbits, George". On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:12 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yer probly right. > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Um, no. > > > > Since most people also are completely unaware of the Mexican-American > War, > > Civil War, western Indian wars, Whiskey Rebellion, War of 1812, Shay's > > Rebellion, the Revolution, The French-and-Indian war, The Pequot War, > > George's, Anne's, Philip's, Wiliam's, etc. > > > > I think it is lack of interest, not location or lack of opportunity. > > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:49 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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"...? > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:308315 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
