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From: "Mark Stafford" <>
Subject: Re: History Syllabi (Was: Plantagenet Correct Usage?)
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 13:32:49 +0200
References: <l05%6.446$1o3.17890@eagle.america.net>, <9hivhi$cpp$1@nereid.worldonline.nl>, <3b3d2371$0$14541$19c6ad13@news.siscom.net>



"Chris Bennett" <> wrote in message
news:3b3d2371$0$14541$...
>
>
> Mark Stafford <> wrote in message
> news:9hivhi$cpp$1@nereid.worldonline.nl...
> > I'm replying in this thread as you've started it...
> >
> > "D. Spencer Hines" <> wrote in message
> > news:uK3%6.413$...
> <snip>
> > >
> > > And then we have this bromide from Bennett:
> > >
> > > "We did an intro course on historical methodology, the French
> > > Revolution, Europe in the 19th century, China and Japan in the 19th
and
> > > 20th (up to 1949/37), rise of Nazism, causes of 1st and 2nd world war,
> > > Russian revolution and Stalin, and UK in the 1930s (I don;t [sic]
> > > remember much about this one, it was pretty boring).
> > > -----------------------
> > >
> > > Indeed.
> > >
> > > I imagine Bennett finds all sorts of quite interesting things
> > > "boring" ---- people often carp about that, when they don't >
> >understand
> > > what's going on.
>
> > > Pathetic!
> > >
> > <snip long sig>
> >
> > A bit harsh. I get the impression he's just referring to the UK in the
> '30s
> > being dull - and it's not exactly riveting history.
> >
>
> Indeed. Thanks for the defence Mark, but I long ago learnt that Hines is
a
> troll, better left ignored. He can read plain English, he just chooses
not
> to, just as he chooses not to tolerate any opinion other than his own,
> whatever that may be in the current nanosecond.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris

I was defending several generations! I feel it was worth it...




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