tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5378296559884110919..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Should We Be Celebrating History We Don't Understand?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-29755627446978948532014-01-31T12:33:10.400-08:002014-01-31T12:33:10.400-08:00History and Science are not priority topics for re...History and Science are not priority topics for religious fundamentalists like Harper. The Bible has all the history and science they need.Joe the Lionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207500862789446044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-16401374597052954092014-01-30T06:52:45.914-08:002014-01-30T06:52:45.914-08:00When has history not been reduced to the simplest ...When has history not been reduced to the simplest of forms? When has it not been an "us" versus "them"?<br /><br />Of course Harper has an erection for the War of 1812 - it is far away in the passage of history to let him re-imagine it and romanticize it.<br /><br />It is indeed important to Canada but nothing more than a footnote to European history. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-86162686271048795412014-01-30T01:35:17.436-08:002014-01-30T01:35:17.436-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.sabina moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181975310604054809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-43518930867482324302014-01-29T17:28:42.145-08:002014-01-29T17:28:42.145-08:00I'm no historian, Michael, but surely, as you ...I'm no historian, Michael, but surely, as you suggest, when you launder the historical narrative you do turn history into propaganda.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-41171778202606077412014-01-29T17:12:10.363-08:002014-01-29T17:12:10.363-08:00Excellent point. As a historian, I too am dismayed...Excellent point. As a historian, I too am dismayed by the simplistic use of history for propaganda purposes.Michael Crossnoreply@blogger.com