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To: BlueCrab who wrote (17249)	1/28/1998 11:10:00 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Thanks for pointing out that groups on the polarized fringes of the left AND right are attempting to rewrite history, Jeff. This is a fairly complex and confusing issue. For example, it is very important to remember that atrocities on huge scales, like the Holocaust and my favorite, the burning of women during the Middle Ages in Europe, did actually happen. You can, of course, put different spins on these events, but to deny their reality serves no one. Then there is the second issue, which is a more benign rewriting of history not to change factual events at all, but to reconsider who the heroes and the victims were. Obviously, American history is quickly being revised to pay homage to our original inhabitants, give credit to those who fought the institution of slavery, and give clearer mention to the specific contributions of immigrant groups such as the Irish, without whom it would have been almost impossible, I believe, to win the Revolutionary War or get the railroads out to the west. I saw a photo in the newspaper today of Remembrance Day in Germany, where a bunch of girls and women were each holding up a placard with the name and birth and death dates of Jews who died in the camps during World War II. Some of them were baby girls, who lived less than a year. When you contrast this with Japan, where a severely restricted story of their activities in World War II is taught, including very little mention of any atrocities whatsoever, you wonder what the eventual effects of these different strategies will be on the progress of their societies. Hanoi Jane