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marmar

(77,080 posts) Thu Feb 5, 2015, 07:53 PM Feb 2015

Howard Zinn: Have a More Interesting Life

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Howard Zinn: Have a More Interesting Life (Original Post) marmar Feb 2015 OP

"'Best years of my life' That's what they would say" FailureToCommunicate Feb 2015 #1

K&R DeSwiss Feb 2015 #2

false etymology demwing Feb 2015 #3

FailureToCommunicate

(14,014 posts)

1. "'Best years of my life' That's what they would say"

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Feb 6, 2015, 12:12 AM

Feb 2015

Thanks for posting this.

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

2. K&R

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Feb 6, 2015, 01:43 AM

Feb 2015

''History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.''

~Howard Zinn

- I think part of our problem in remembering history is the name. ''History.''

It needs to be renamed: ''Thestory'' and tell the whole truth this time.....

demwing

(16,916 posts)

3. false etymology

Reply to DeSwiss (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 8, 2015, 11:16 AM

Feb 2015

the stem found in the word "history" is also found in words like "vision," or "witness," but has nothing to do with the possessive pronoun "his."

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