I think all history taught in school has a way of skewing opinions.
All countries seem to have some degree of educational patriotism (we don't really hear how bad the empire was). But I think anyone who is even slightly aware of their surrondings will learn more than what's on the curriculum by the time they're out of school.

Yes I believe so, although it's possible it wouldn't have got so far and been so anti jew.

I weigh less now than I did in year 11.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 19:51, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

*awaits scathing reply*

(PsychoChomp, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 19:51, Reply)

oh are you all bufffffffff now?

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 19:53, Reply)

Not in the slightest.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 19:54, Reply)

skin and bones, then?

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 19:58, Reply)

Nah I'm still 190ish pounds
just I was bigger at school when I played rugby and ate my mothers cooking.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:00, Reply)

what happened to your shoulder?

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:02, Reply)

I fell out of a burning helicopter.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:03, Reply)

cud

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:07, Reply)

SPEAK ENGLISH...ENGLISH!

(PsychoChomp, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:18, Reply)

WOW
AWESOME
TOTALLY KEWL DEWD
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:21, Reply)

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it"
-Winston Churchill


What I mean is, all history is bias. It's impossible to write impartially.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 19:54, Reply)

Just because it hasn't been done doesn't mean it's impossible.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 19:58, Reply)

I just don't think it can be done.
Not taking into account historiography, what about contested battles; a "glorious victory" or "disastrous defeat"?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:00, Reply)

But therein is a fine answer to Becky's question
Because Churchill was a pretty useless parliamentarian of no fixed political allegiance.

He was largely responsible for one of the most appalling disasters of the First World War (Gallipoli) and managed to get himself and his men captured during the Boer war, so frankly he was, on the face of it, absolutely unsuitable for any sort of military leadership.

There's no denying his genius at rhetoric during WW2, but that was about as much as he was capable of - stirring rhetoric. Yalta was all about Roosevelt and Stalin, and the strategists were the military chiefs of staff.

Now we are told that he was our greatest ever statesman. I'd beg to differ.

Edit - missed the last line. A 90 foot tall statue of me, but with six arms, is shortly to be erected on a prominent hilltop, paid for by public subscription. I will be depicted wearing a corduroy dressing gown and striped pantaloons. I am satisfied with these arrangements.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:10, Reply)

What has that got to do with anything? :D
Seriously though. Epic battle between Thucydides and Herodotus. One writing "clinical" scientific history. One writing PEOPLE history. Which would you rather read? I'm going with the giant ants.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:22, Reply)

Which bit?
Becky wanted to know magnificent things about me. You ain't going to get much more magnificent than a 90' six armed statue.

What should I be holding in four of my hands? I'll be needing a glass of Merlot in one hand and a Rothmans in the other.

That leaves four spare.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:33, Reply)

I thought you meant MY last line >_<
as it was a reply to me and all...Sozbbz.

A couple of cocks?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:37, Reply)

No.
I'm a male man, y'see.

And straight. Though currently in remission.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:43, Reply)

They could be your own.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:45, Reply)

I don't have two cocks.
I have one that's pretty much redundant.

Maybe I could have a mouth organ in one hand, a kitten in another, a book in the third and a picture of a furry dwarf in the last.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:56, Reply)

If impartiality is impossible
multiple sources may counteract the bias, but it's still up to the reader to judge which one is true.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 20:23, Reply)