[HPforGrownups] ADMIN: Touchy Subjects and OT Posts

[Iggy McSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 93265

I wholeheartedly agree with this.  (For one thing, not everyone shares
the same beliefs.  I am a Pagan who is married to a Southern Baptist,
for example.  My sister is a modern day Quaker, my mother is Catholic,
and my dad follows his own path.)

Even within the same belief systems, nobody agrees 100% with everyone
else's interpretations... which is why, as another example, we have the
Christians divided into the Protestants and the Catholics (for the most
part) and each of those two divisions are divided even more... and
more... and more...


The same holds true with historical perspective.  As the famous quote
goes:  "History is written by the victors."  I'm sure that, had the
Native Americans kept their lands, had the Nazis won WWII, or had the
USA lost the Revolutionary war, then not only would history have turned
out different, but the perceptions of the winning sides would have been
different as well.  (The Native Americans would be having classes about
the European mythology and Anglican Reservations... Europe would be
learning about the victory of the virtuous Aryan Race... and the
Colonies would be speaking the King's English and learning about how the
British Empire retained its rightful control over the New World.   Note
that these are not my personal opinions... but statements to illustrate
differences in historical perspectives.)

Religion, Politics, and certain historical events (such as wars and
such) tend to be very emotionally charged situations.  I agree that it's
best to tread softly around these big dogs so as not to wake them up.

Iggy McSnurd.



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