"school history is just that, for schools"

None of it ever actually happened you know, it's just stuff we tell kids. None of it matters. History is dead anyway. No-one ever learned anything from history.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on October 29th 2010 at 15:42:15

Message Thread

that there Winston Churchill (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 14:49:54
- WW2 (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 29, 15:14:45
  - haha (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 29, 15:57:29
- Thought it might have touched upon Iran with the Nazi stuff (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 15:07:50
  - hiya pants (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Oct 29, 15:11:44
    - please don't refer or reply to me again please (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 15:12:50
      - cant do that.sorry.use the ignore option (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Oct 29, 15:13:49
  - Wasn't that about Iraq in WW1 ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 29, 15:10:30
- its in the independant (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:04:48
  - touched a Tory nerve, Scrammers (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 29, 15:13:07
    - not really....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:23:50
      - cos it's around that time where big businesses need to rake up the the second world war (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 15:28:42
        
        Which big businesses are you referring to? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Oct 29, 15:30:47
        
        ... (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 15:39:21
        
        I disagree pants, as I said below, I think this is about nation building (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:49:27
        
        EU is not "hijacking Rememberance Sunday (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:48:37
        
        why would any big businesses benefit from that? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 29, 15:40:35
        
        Youth Hostling - with Chris Eubanks. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Oct 29, 15:45:14
        
        poppy sellers (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 29, 15:36:31
        
        Those cunts. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 15:40:07
        
        They should just import a load from Afghanistan. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Oct 29, 15:42:05
        
        poppy sellers? (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 17:05:02
      - "most people know about churchills past" (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:27:47
        
        agreed, his vile side has been totally glossed over and ignored (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:36:01
        
        His behaviour and attitude in South Africa is quite well documented, and widely known (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 29, 15:35:21
        
        Only by those who choose to read it (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:38:45
        
        true...... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:40:40
        
        You mean the Boer war wasn't important enough to teach children about? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:44:01
        
        I agree....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:48:09
        
        one journo with his piece appearing in 2 papers (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:54:39
        
        It's called a Book Review, love. Some Johnny writes a book, a bunch of other Johnnies rev (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 15:52:24
        
        are you sure? I looked when I first read it and it was in the News section (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:54:58
        
        End of the review ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 15:57:16
        
        hmm, it's not a book review, just a veiled advert (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 16:00:58
        
        It's a book review. Paragraph one cites the name of the book and the author. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 16:03:21
        
        it is indeed a review, but it purports to be a news story (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 16:07:07
        
        bit like Rememberance Sunday (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 16:02:27
        
        Rememberance Sunday is a veiled advert? (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 16:09:38
        
        because it's a very thinly veiled promotion campaign for this new book (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:51:43
        
        "school history is just that, for schools" (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 15:42:15
        
        if you want to pack all this into 2 years of a GCSE.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:45:19
        
        As is the First World War though. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Oct 29, 15:39:45
      - Typical Tory nonsense. "Shhh! Don't mention the racism!" (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 15:26:55
        
        its already been mentioned........ (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:37:26
        
        Strike! (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 15:39:33
        
        if that makes you happy. (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:41:27
  - perhaps you would prefer The New York Times? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:12:18
    - copy and paste....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:17:54
      - you noticed that they're virtually the same article then? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:25:06
        
        yeah....kinda! (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:25:56
        
        But that's what time is there for - to be wasted. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 29, 15:30:06
        
        not when theres a friday afternoon deadline. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:38:09
        
        Ah, don't do those myself. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 29, 15:39:30
        
        nor do i (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:41:53
        
        "didnt bother to read either" aha, that explains it... (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:30:01
        
        isnt the gist......... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:39:16
        
        not really (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:45:03
        
        no (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 29, 15:42:08
    - I think the Daily Star is more Chelt's mark ;-) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 29, 15:17:15
      - nope, dont like the red tops....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:19:16
    - ?I am strongly in favor of using poisoned gas against uncivilized tribes.? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 29, 15:14:22
      - Churchill's views are pretty clear in a lot of his writing (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:32:50
        
        .... (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 15:38:18
        
        *ignore, wrong place* (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 15:39:36
        
        interesting though, it's all about nation building (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:46:20

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