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All so very true Gene, we all form our opinions based on the  information
we feed our brains and no two people evaluate the same data and 
arrive at the same conclusions because all our other life experiences
enter into the equation. I read a lot, and draw my conclusions, but
I know I am probably wrong as often as write. We have no way of 
knowing the motivation of the writers of all the material, and no way
of knowing where they drew their own conclusions from.
 
Drew
 
 
In a message dated 4/29/2008 7:07:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
genegerue AT ruralize.com writes:

>  Nope, it wasn't a military strategy.  Sherman was on sick puppy!

I  started to reply to this by saying where I had read differently when   
I started laughing inwardly. Your previous post was about books and   
lies. So where did you get the above information but from books?  Even  
an ancestor, how many generations back, would have done the  human  
thing and embellished his stories and then with each  retelling, more  
embellishment. The point is that we really only  guess about history  
based on what we have read. Hell, three people  can see something  
yesterday and tell different stories about it  today. Imperfect memory.  
Selective memory. Biased memory.  Undependable memory.

And yet we solemnly pronounce that those who do  not know history are  
destined to repeat it. What history shall we  know?

Does anyone object to changing the subject line? Foolish  question.




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