Re:Court found NSA surveillance unconstitutional in 2011
by weinzierl on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @04:13PM
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You probably meant to say "Columbus thought the Earth was flat".
Re:Court found NSA surveillance unconstitutional in 2011
by dllthomas on Wednesday June 12, 2013 @10:46PM
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The meme I more recall is "Columbus uniquely thought the Earth was round." Really, most people thought the Earth was round; Columbus thought the Earth was 1/3 its actual size...
Re:Court found NSA surveillance unconstitutional in 2011
by jlgreco on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @04:20PM
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Err, yes I did. Thanks.
Re:Court found NSA surveillance unconstitutional in 2011
by mehrzad on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @06:35PM
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>we teach children
Keyword being "children." Starting in middle school through high school, you hear much less biased info.
Re:Court found NSA surveillance unconstitutional in 2011
by sillysaurus on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @06:45PM
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Keyword being "children." Starting in middle school through high school, you hear much less biased info.
This isn't true. I was being taught worthless fables at both of the highschools I attended.
I sure as hell was not taught enough (and most of what I was taught, prior to high school history classes, was whitewashed propaganda. Things like "The Russian space program was awful", "The Native Americans and settlers got along swimmingly", or "Columbus thought the Earth was flat". Stuff no adult familiar with the material believes for a moment, but that we teach children anyway.)