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Originally Posted by Darzog All countries wash their history books to prop up those that are considered heroes and downplay the accomplishments of those considered the bad guys. For you to imply that America is the only one to do this, or even that we do it more than other countries is prejudicial. Yes we are screwed up, but we don't hold a monopoly in it. | Of course there is plenty of white washing outside USA, no doubt about it. But there is a vast difference between "a phenomenon exist elsewhere" and "everyone else is just as bad as we are". There is not a school in Germany that pretend the holocaust never happened for example. Quote:
Everyone (except maybe Belgium  ) has dirty laundry that they cover up.
| If this is your idea of history I can see why it would be difficult to make any distinctions between anything.
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Last edited by Dottie; 04-24-2006 at 08:24 AM.
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