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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (38626)4/9/2004 1:37:05 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (2) of 793928
 
I love History. And hate what the Academics have done to it.

I credit my father and one of my uncles for instilling my love of history. I used to sit on my father's lap and watch WWII documentaries. That was the "gateway event", IMO. My uncle Harry lives in Carlisle, PA, and I had the opportunity to tour the Gettysburg battlefield at an early age. I now know that Harry is just a windbag, and often full of shit, but he seemed an endless fount of knowledge at the time. Really captured my attention at an early age.

The crap kids go through in school, on the other hand, is criminal. It's no wonder most people think history is a royal bore. They associate it with their history teachers.

Derek
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