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To: greenspirit who wrote (115535)	9/23/2003 10:12:41 AM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Some disturbing things I've read is German textbooks have watered down the nations barbaric past Sorry, I don't know a long-term study of German textbook content. But the German public is well aware of the Nazi past. Some time ago I posted about the millionth visitor of the Jewish Museum in Berlin. #reply-18674795 Too bad that the building had been an al Qaeda planning target. Do you think Germany will ever pay back America for all the military aid we rendered her, in order to keep east and west from killing eachother? At least Germany produced and exported goods worth trillions of USD which US consumers and companies found attractive enough to purchase.

To: greenspirit who wrote (115535)	9/23/2003 6:16:04 PM
From: Noel de Leon	Respond to of 281500

"A nation which is unable to honestly deal with its history, is a nation still struggling internally for its identity." How do American history books used in high schools treat the history of Blacks, Native Americans, Chinese, and Japanese in the US? What about the bombing of Laos and Cambodia during the Viet Nam war? Or the CIAs involvement in the overthrow of Allende(elected via a legal election) and Mossadegh? Or My Lai? Or Bush's involvement in ENRON? The last one is too recent to get into the history books, but will it ever get there?

To: greenspirit who wrote (115535)	9/23/2003 8:29:45 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Some disturbing things I've read is German textbooks have watered down the nations barbaric past... A nation which is unable to honestly deal with its history, is a nation still struggling internally for its identity. Have you ever noticed how American history textbooks deal with our barbaric past? How many references do you see to the systematic annihilation of America's indigenous population? How many to the killing of several hundred thousand Filipinos during our escapade there? I guess America is also "still struggling internally for its identity".