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Jeremy · 06-29-2005

PD - I was merely illustrating the point that saying "it's all the evil imperialist Brits & Frenchies fault" was a tad over-simplistic rather than casting blame in any single direction. I always think one always needs to delve back into the "why" to attempt to gain a better understanding of the "what happened" - and even then we may be ultimately clueless.

WW was undoubtedly a man of his time - we all are, and we have to be careful not to impose our current moral values and knowledge when we look back at history: hindsight is of course 20-20 vision, and I'm sure he had the best intentions.

1880ish - 1940ish (and to-date probably) can be viewed as a whole as a time of struggle caused by the decline of the old guard (overtly imperialist, ruling elites) and the rise of the new, including fighting between differing economic and political ideologies. I blame that Guttenburg myself ;-))

Still and all, political history serves to inform decisions but it doesn't actually solve the problems of today.

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06-29-2005	#30
Jeremy Members Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 157	PD - I was merely illustrating the point that saying "it's all the evil imperialist Brits & Frenchies fault" was a tad over-simplistic rather than casting blame in any single direction. I always think one always needs to delve back into the "why" to attempt to gain a better understanding of the "what happened" - and even then we may be ultimately clueless. WW was undoubtedly a man of his time - we all are, and we have to be careful not to impose our current moral values and knowledge when we look back at history: hindsight is of course 20-20 vision, and I'm sure he had the best intentions. 1880ish - 1940ish (and to-date probably) can be viewed as a whole as a time of struggle caused by the decline of the old guard (overtly imperialist, ruling elites) and the rise of the new, including fighting between differing economic and political ideologies. I blame that Guttenburg myself ;-)) Still and all, political history serves to inform decisions but it doesn't actually solve the problems of today.