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History Is For Suckers.

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History Is For Suckers.
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#11
RE: History Is For Suckers.
November 15, 2019 at 4:43 am
At work.

(November 15, 2019 at 2:03 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: History is written by the victors? Nice bumpersticker. But has nobody heard of Vietnam?

I would posit that was a conflict lost by politicians.

Not by losing militarily.

Just a niggle. Sorry.
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RE: History Is For Suckers.
November 15, 2019 at 6:34 am
(November 14, 2019 at 9:22 pm)redpill Wrote: Napoleon once said, "History is a set of lies agreed upon."  Tolstoy once said, "History would be a wonderful thing.  If it were only true."  Most often, what is history depends on the outcome of some conflict.  As one truism says, "History is written by the victors."  And when it comes to war, another truism says, "In war, truth is the first casualty."  For the winning side, it remains a casualty.  Also, no doubt, demonizing the enemy is a tactic as old as the hills.  Another thing is that it is well known that one country's villain is another countries hero.

Do you have any better reasons for despising history, other than a list of quotes?

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RE: History Is For Suckers.
November 15, 2019 at 7:26 am
Historical quotes, even. Like...do we really even know that those people said that...maaaaaan? What if the lizard people are sending that false impression into our heads over the 5G's?

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RE: History Is For Suckers.
November 15, 2019 at 7:49 am
Truest historical quote regarding history:

'History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.' - Churchill

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RE: History Is For Suckers.
November 15, 2019 at 8:10 am (This post was last modified: November 15, 2019 at 8:11 am by Gawdzilla Sama.)
(November 15, 2019 at 7:49 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Truest historical quote regarding history:

'History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.' - Churchill

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Sadly for Winnie the PM there's more than one version of history out there.
(November 15, 2019 at 4:43 am)Peebo-Thuhlu Wrote: At work.

(November 15, 2019 at 2:03 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: History is written by the victors? Nice bumpersticker. But has nobody heard of Vietnam?

I would posit that was a conflict lost by politicians.

Not by losing militarily.

Just a niggle. Sorry.

Yeah. "We were winning when I left!"
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RE: History Is For Suckers.
November 15, 2019 at 10:02 am
Famous (historical) people saying it isn't relevant to whether or not it's true.
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RE: History Is For Suckers.
November 15, 2019 at 12:10 pm
(November 15, 2019 at 1:43 am)Alex K Wrote:
(November 15, 2019 at 12:47 am)ignoramus Wrote: Isn't Amnesia another Roman God? I can't remember. Dunno

The goddess of what was it again

She prefers to be called the goddess of the tip of tongue.
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RE: History Is For Suckers.
November 15, 2019 at 12:16 pm (This post was last modified: November 15, 2019 at 12:16 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(November 15, 2019 at 8:10 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(November 15, 2019 at 7:49 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Truest historical quote regarding history:

'History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.' - Churchill

Boru
Sadly for Winnie the PM there's more than one version of history out there.

 

But lucky for the rest of us.

Before I started school, I honestly thought Churchill's first name was 'Thatbastard', based on the way my grandad talked about him.

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RE: History Is For Suckers.
November 15, 2019 at 3:12 pm
It is Sir Thatabastard, knight of Garter, order of merit, champion of honor, privy council, fellow of royal society, member of royal academy, in decreasing order of deservedness.
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RE: History Is For Suckers.
November 15, 2019 at 3:23 pm
If it weren’t for history there would only be the present and that would mean I would have never gotten laid so fuck this thread. I mean put a vagina on the thread so I can fuck it, please. Goddamn I’m hard as a rock!
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