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- From: krueger@galileo.physics.arizona.edu (Ted Krueger)
- Newsgroups: alt.politics.clinton,alt.rush-limbaugh,alt.president.clinton
- Subject: Re: PC lives
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.151639.7753@galileo.physics.arizona.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 15:16:39 GMT
- References: <1692@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> <nate.993@psygate.psych.indiana.edu> <bill.725582383@castor>
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- In article <bill.725582383@castor> bill@cognet.ucla.edu (William M. Eldridge) writes:
- >nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle) writes:
- >
- >>>Mock trial of Christopher Columbus? Well, that certainly has a
- >>>PC ring to it. Did the "trial" do some harm that you know of?
- >
- >> To the extent that it is an attempt to revise history, I believe that
- >>it does a disservice to anyone who buys into the revised version of history.
- >
- >Personally, I think it's a nice idea. As we become more intelligent
- >human beings and societies (hopefully), we should continually re-examine
- >our historical figures and historical situations to glean newly
- >obvious insights.
-
- Ahah! There you poke at the bone of contention. The mock trial did
- not attempt to re-examine our historical figures, the examination had
- already taken place, and the defendent was found guilty!
-
- >History is continuously revised with each piece
- >of new evidence we discover, and with our improved ability to detect
- >ramifications of actions in the past.
-
- Hopefully with facts, not pc allegations.
-
- >Thirty years ago, no one had
- >an inkling that CFC's might damage the atmosphere, and "judging" them
- >as if they did is certainly meaningless.
-
- Scientists are still not as convinced as environmental-wacos wish they were.
-
- >On the other hand, if
- >Columbus had brought back a disease that wiped out Europe, he would
- >certainly not be regarded as a hero, despite the heroic nature of
- >his voyage, and there's certainly nothing wrong with recognizing
- >that the millions of natives affected by Columbus' arrival place
- >an entirely different valuation on it than does the Eurocentric
- >viewpoint.
-
- So?
-
- >History in the late twentieth century no longer means
- >finding "the correct version", but piecing together a mosaic of
- >conflicting reports and views and effects in order to discover various
- >insights and less than concrete lessons.
-
- And hopefully, not accepting the pc theory outright, as the mock trial did.
-
- >
- >Welcome to Einsteinian history.
-
- I didn't know Yahoo Serious wrote any history.
-
- Ted
-
-
- --
- So the Maples formed a union, and demanded equal rights, "The Oaks are just
- too greedy. We will make them give us light!" Now there's no more Oak
- oppression, for they passed a noble law. And the trees are all kept equal,
- by hatchet, axe and saw. - Rush, The Trees
-