Do you recognise this historic photograph?

[Gabriel M.A.]

And your point is...? I never claimed any such thing. Because people (quite a few of them Europeans) did not recognise the original picture you claim that 'history' is being neglected and people are uninformed.

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OK, let's see:

Judging by the responses, the older you get, the more you can see history is not something that is taught as it was before. You know, that's not a marketable skill.

Nothing there about history is being neglected and people are uninformed.

Before you slam me, I'm not knocking on those who don't know what jmilkins' photograph is or what it what about,

That flew over your head.

, where it was, when, or why. The fault lies on those who have eroded education and history as heritage

OK, there it is where I say that history is being neglected. Tie education with history. That flew over your head. So forget the tie with who's responsible with education, society, elected leaders, etc...

, watering it down to soundbites and with political-correctness. That is one of the things that makes a country insular, and erodes its democracy: an uninformed public.

therefore, education neglecting history creates a rather uninformed public.

Again, refer to the above, this is an international site with users from all over the world: because some of them don't recognise the picture you say it's a shame history's being neglected while this is simply untrue. ie a Norwegian, a Canadian and an Englishman replied saying that they did not recognise the picture and your post follows theirs, and I quote "you can see history is not something that is taught as it was before". Just because they didn't recognise a detail of US history.

The above is not US history. I knew the WORLD OLYMPICS were commercialized ad nauseum, but I didn't know that made them automatically the sole property of the United States. You see, where I come from (Mexico), we look at ALL the participants.

Oh, and like you, I speak English as my non-native tongue.

That arrogant sneer at the end of your post is downright weak... "the Belgian global superpower that it is ", "I have seen some current pictures of the Congo, some pretty screwed up colonialism legacies there..." so are we going to blame each other for our countries faults in world history now? What a terribly interesting and useful argument that would be.

One man's failure to read is another's arrogance. You didn't specify which colonial pictures. I didn't specify which history. And Babel goes on...

And the mention of the "superpower" is this: US, USSR, British history is usually more relevant than Belgium's, Luxenbourg's, San Marino's, Monaco's, Mexico's, Argentina's in general World History because they don't, currently and the past 50 or so years, affect the rest of the world, like, say, the USSR, the USA. Whether we like it or not, that is reality.

 

[RML]

OK, enough already! US history sucks, and so does European, American, Asian, African, Australian and whateverpartIleftout. The photo means nothing to a lot of people, and a hell of a lot to another lot of people.

If you can't respect each other's opinions, (lack of) knowledge or history, than refrain from participating in this kind of threads.

Bunch a children. Sjees.

 

[jmilkins]

Thank you everyone for expressing a point of view. The conversation has ranged widely, and covered many topics. I agree with some of your views , and I don't with others, but I celebrate the diversity.

Always remember that the very ability to agree or disagree with a point of view without fear and consequence of oppression is a luxury for those of us with blessed and fortunate lives.

I believe my Uncle Peter stood with John and Tommie to highlight this at an important point in the history of human rights.

This link provides some of the motivations in the mens' own words.

I'll leave it at that.

Thank you again.

 

[fgianni]

Uno hirundo non facit vera, or something like that.

Nearly right , it's "Una hirundo non facit vera".

Still the subtle reasons that allow you to say that an assassination, with the intent to stop the progress of human rights, is not attack to human rights, seem somehow to obstinately elude me.

 

[MoTR]

I recognised it immediatly and knew the story.
I cant remember how or when I came across it tho.