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  1. Scottty

    History Myths and Misconceptions of History you Hate

    I suspect that some people out there do remember that, and that is why they hate the British Empire so much.
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    History Myths and Misconceptions of History you Hate

    Dr Duane Gish was fond of pointing out that if you took a Neanderthal man, gave him a shave and a haircut, and dressed him in modern clothing, he could blend into a crowd without any problem. Hardly counts as "cryptid" if they can hide in plain sight.
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    History Myths and Misconceptions of History you Hate

    Are you talking about the foreign policies of their government, or about their entire population? :cautious:
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    History Myths and Misconceptions of History you Hate

    Herod the Great as puppet-king was old history by the time of Jesus' ministry. Judea had already gone from being a client state to a Roman province under a governor.
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    History Myths and Misconceptions of History you Hate

    So the myth of German military superiority comes from the fact that they were fighting people that they were... militarily superior to? Czechoslovakia got sold down the river by the Allies, Poland never really had a chance... and France's excuse is bad leadership?
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    History Myths and Misconceptions of History you Hate

    Stalin later purged most of the old Bolsheviks, accusing them all of being Western agents.
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    History Myths and Misconceptions of History you Hate

    To quote Sir Humphrey: "We call it Diplomacy, minister." More to the point, what would you do with it anyway? We use nuclear power to generate electricity. And for that, one needs copper wire - lots and lots of it. One might imagine some Stone Age empire where the palace of the Great Bozo was...
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