Guest guest Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 You should try studying historical records and investigate the brain washing that goes on in US schools. The reason the USA got independence, was because the King at the time was told it was not worth sending any more troops. They believed they had got out of America all that was worth having, and that huge chunks of the land were already owned by British aristocrats (still are. So the poor British servicemen were sacrificed with no backup. Weird the way Americans celebrate Ancient events like that. In the UK I doubt the average school child would know what the last war was about, we live in the future, not the past. Martin ATFE2 , " cortaderia_1999 " <cortaderia_1999 wrote: > > - > > > > Happy Fourth of July to all our American homies and servicemen everywhere! This is the one day a year we have to remember and honor the freedom we enjoy now that we are no longer under the thumb of oppressive curmudgeonly British men such as Martin. :-P (And go kiss a serviceman if you have the opportunity.) > > > Stacey, > July 4th is our freedom celebration but I heard the Brits call it Thanksgiving! (Glad to have us gone) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Are the brain washing that goes on in the UK. Zo www.soapandotherobsessions.com - " Martin Watt " <aromamedical <ATFE2 > Monday, July 06, 2009 12:52 PM [ATFE2] Re: Fun Room/Linen Spray-history > You should try studying historical records and investigate the brain > washing that goes on in US schools. The reason the USA got independence, > was because the King at the time was told it was not worth sending any > more troops. They believed they had got out of America all that was worth > having, and that huge chunks of the land were already owned by British > aristocrats (still are. So the poor British servicemen were sacrificed > with no backup. > > Weird the way Americans celebrate Ancient events like that. In the UK I > doubt the average school child would know what the last war was about, we > live in the future, not the past. > > Martin > ATFE2 , " cortaderia_1999 " <cortaderia_1999 > wrote: >> >> - >> > >> > Happy Fourth of July to all our American homies and servicemen >> > everywhere! This is the one day a year we have to remember and honor >> > the freedom we enjoy now that we are no longer under the thumb of >> > oppressive curmudgeonly British men such as Martin. :-P (And go kiss a >> > serviceman if you have the opportunity.) >> > >> Stacey, >> July 4th is our freedom celebration but I heard the Brits call it >> Thanksgiving! (Glad to have us gone) >> > > > > > --- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Hmmmmm. I seem to remember that Mad George had three different wars going at the same time and that the reason the Brits couldn't hold on to the Americas was because the british soldiers were spread so thin they just didn't have the man power to hold on. As for " brainwashing " in schools, " Himself's " cousin Philippa was here last weekend. We were sort of dancing around this. How both Britain and the US (and no doubt every other country) have a slanted view on history and current events which they present to children in school. I was " dissing " american schools and she was doing the same for the brits. We sort of came to the conclusion that the Americans are isolationists simply because we're so big that most folk can't afford to, or choose not to go abroad. Then there are those that " do Europe in 3 weeks " and consider themselves well traveled. That always cracks me up. Okay, I'm rambling now. Crawling back into me cave K > > > -- Kathleen Petrides Bead Hussy http://www.BeadHussy.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 No weirder, and definitely not more ancient, than Guy Fawkes in the UK! It's all a bit of the pot calling the kettle black, really. Lisa > Weird the way Americans celebrate Ancient events like that. In the UK I doubt the average school child would know what the last war was about, we live in the future, not the past. > > Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 LOVED Guy Fawkes, " Penny for the Guy? " On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Lisa <lcamasi wrote: > > > No weirder, and definitely not more ancient, than Guy Fawkes in the UK! > > It's all a bit of the pot calling the kettle black, really. > > Lisa > > > Weird the way Americans celebrate Ancient events like that. In the UK I > doubt the average school child would know what the last war was about, we > live in the future, not the past. > > > > Martin > > > -- Kathleen Petrides Bead Hussy http://www.BeadHussy.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Liz, I am really delighted to hear that about your childrens school, but that is not common. Ask the average teenager to late 20s any questions about history in the greater London area and you will get a blank look. The fact it may be taught does not make it stick of course. I am right now scanning postcards exchanged by my Grandfather with my Grandmother during the first world war. The sentiments expressed are little different from the forces we now have in dangerous area now. Lovely to see that kind of direct family history. The difference between most Brits and Yanks is that we do not have National days with a lot of hype celebrating historical events long past. The exception is possibly the Irish, who like Yanks, do tend to live very much in the past and it badly affects their current lives. Hmm think I should propose a National holiday celebrating Britain disposing of the Spanish armada. Get my point Martin ATFE2 , Liz <liztams wrote: > > 2009/7/6 Martin Watt <aromamedical: > > Weird the way Americans celebrate Ancient events like that. In the UK I > > doubt the average school child would know what the last war was about, we > > live in the future, not the past. > > > > Martin > > Not true Martin - WW2 is very high on the history curriculum today. > Both my 14 year old g'daughter and 9 year old g'son know more about > the war, the reasons why and how it started - and the consequences of > it - than I ever did at school. Only a couple of week ago my g'son > dressed as an evacuee for a school visit to Stockport Air Raid > Shelters http://www.culture24.org.uk/mw722 . > Both are very proud of their Great Grandad - now 86 and still going > strong - who served and survived 39 missions in Bomber Command as a > Lancaster navigator. > Liz > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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