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bischof
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response 53 of 89:
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May 6 19:26 UTC 1995 |
I'm currently working on my master's in German literature, but my
thesis has a lot to do with how accurately some documentary works
portray historical events (more specifically, what the Church did
or did not do during the Third Reich). Sound like an interesting topic
to anyone?
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mwarner
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response 54 of 89:
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May 7 01:41 UTC 1995 |
Specifically that topic: Yes it sounds interesting. Also interesting
is the insight you may have into the different influences on the way
history is recorded in general gained through your work. I think there
will always be a significant difference between a compressed, or
comprehensive, history and the facts as gained through detailed study of a
certain event or set of circumstances. I've learned that a final "truth"
or ultimate telling of a history is an illusory goal, but the insights
gained in the consideration of the fine details of history are well worth
their pursuit.
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baldar
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response 55 of 89:
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May 19 17:15 UTC 1995 |
For anyone interested in Imperial Rome, but does not want something too heavy,
try _I, Claudius_, or _Claudius the God_ by Robert Graves. They are both
fiction, but they are well researched, and the give a good impression of what
the times were like.
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kerouac
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response 56 of 89:
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Aug 21 21:57 UTC 1995 |
Is anyone interested in this conf anymore? I was a history major in
school as well and I think the number of historical topics, such as
the debate over the atomic bomb, belie the current condition of this
conf. I'd love to see this conf become active again. Maybe it
just needs a jump-start!
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rcurl
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response 57 of 89:
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Aug 21 22:01 UTC 1995 |
OK. Go ahead, and plug it in and throw the switch!
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remmers
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response 58 of 89:
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Aug 22 12:39 UTC 1995 |
Right--the way to revive a slow conference is to start entering
stuff in it.
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rcurl
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response 59 of 89:
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Aug 22 20:40 UTC 1995 |
Like this: someday it will be history.
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anne
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response 60 of 89:
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Aug 25 06:55 UTC 1995 |
Kerouac- what area of history did you study? (I'm thinking that
there was one area that interested you more then others...)
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kerouac
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response 61 of 89:
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Aug 25 16:11 UTC 1995 |
My particular area was contemporary american history. I did my
senior thesis on certain elements of the watergate scandal. What
area did you think interested me?
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srw
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response 62 of 89:
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Aug 26 02:58 UTC 1995 |
My mind recognizes Watergate as history, but my heart wants to think of
"history" as that which happened before I was born, like the
Battle of Bull Run.
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anne
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response 63 of 89:
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Aug 27 17:38 UTC 1995 |
Kerouac- I guess I had better explain myself a little clearer. I was
trying to say that because history is such a huge subject- people
generally study one area in particular. I wasn't saying that I had an
area in mind tha tI thought you studied. :)
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sreedhar
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response 64 of 89:
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Jan 15 21:11 UTC 1998 |
exit
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mrmat
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response 65 of 89:
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Jul 25 03:46 UTC 1998 |
Hi to anyone still interested in this conference. I'm interested in
Military History in general, like the Civil War, WWI, WW2. Political history
is also interesting, past Presidential Elections.
Here's something new, what do people think of the recently released video of
the Zapruder film? Has anyone seen it yet? Would you buy it? Should everyone
have a copy in their video collection?
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anne
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response 66 of 89:
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Jul 27 18:27 UTC 1998 |
I'm interested in history (hell, I have a BA in it) but I'm not into
Military history. :( IU'm more into social. (We're talking Medieval
and Renassaince Europe)
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mrmat
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response 67 of 89:
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Jul 28 00:44 UTC 1998 |
Oh, I'm interested in other general history as well, though I focus alot on
the Western civilization side. I had what they called a "concentration" in
history, besides my BA in Journalism. Not quite a minor in the field.
I'm currently re-reading William L. Shirer's *The Collapse of the Third
Republic*, his chronical of the social, political and military factors that
led to the quick fall of the French to the Nazis in 1940.
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anne
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response 68 of 89:
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Jul 28 15:06 UTC 1998 |
Hmm, sounds interesting. As I said, I tend to go back a few hundred
years, or more. ;)
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happyboy
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response 69 of 89:
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Jul 28 19:00 UTC 1998 |
any body 'sides me ever read any
john prebble? i'm looking for
a cupple of his books...
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mrmat
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response 70 of 89:
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Jul 29 00:50 UTC 1998 |
Yeah, I've got to go back and check out some older periods, I've been focusing
too much on the 19th and 20th centuries lately.
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birdy
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response 71 of 89:
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Sep 8 13:04 UTC 2000 |
Whoa...dead conf. =)
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rcurl
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response 72 of 89:
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Sep 8 16:54 UTC 2000 |
Well, it IS the HISTORY conference, like in, "It's History".
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jerrybriardy
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response 73 of 89:
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Aug 7 05:57 UTC 2005 |
This is a pretty old conference so I don't know if anyone is still reading
it. I am working on my bachelors in computer science and have always loved
history. The community college I went to is in Omaha, Nebraska. It is the
former army fort Fort Omaha. It is from t his fort that the soldiers that went
to relieve Custer after the little big horn left. The old stables are now the
school automotive repair lab. I had programming classes in the old
headquarters building. I used to think about that a lot when we were studying
C++. President Grant and General Sherman both stayed there at one point in
time. General Crook was in charge back then.
The trial of Chief Standing Bear took place in Omaha and it is there that they
imprisoned him and his followers. If you recall, this is the trial where
Native Americans gained status as American citizens.
At one point the base was the main American balloon observation post. During
the Second World War it was a prison camp for Italians.
Anyway, it is a very interesting place that has a history museum on site as
well as historical markers all over the campus. It was a great place to go
to school. It is one of the most beautiful campuses I have ever seen too.
Well, that is it for now I guess. For a guy like me that loves computers and
loves history, this is a great place.
P.S. They say the old campus is haunted. I have heard that on certain nights
you can see soldiers in World War I uniforms marching on the north side of
the campus. They also say the old officers barracks is extremely haunted and
even in the daytime you can hear voices and footsteps when there are no people
there. I did some work study in these buildings and it did seem pretty weird.
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rcurl
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response 74 of 89:
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Aug 7 18:05 UTC 2005 |
Do you believe that any place can be "haunted"? I would think that would be
antithetical to an interest in truth in history.
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cmcgee
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response 75 of 89:
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Aug 12 14:24 UTC 2005 |
rcurl, many people believe that there is more information included in the term
"truth" than you do. Your belief system excludes a lot of information that
others try to take into account in coming up with "the truth".
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rcurl
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response 76 of 89:
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Aug 12 17:52 UTC 2005 |
You make "truth" sound pretty fungible. That is convenient for supporting
one's own personal beliefs as "truth", but it isn't "truth" that can be tested
and verified by objective means. The word "truth" loses all meaning when it
can be anything one wants. I suggest using the term "personal belief" when
the word "truth" is inappropriate.
I used the phrase "truth in history". There is only one "truth in history",
which is an accurate record of events.
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twenex
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response 77 of 89:
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Aug 12 18:38 UTC 2005 |
Then there's no "truth in history". History is written by the winners, not
the truth-tellers.
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