@NeilDotObrien Obtuse. But I better explain for the simple minded. You can write history focused on different things. The choice of what you focus on is subjective. Ignoring other perspectives is bad history.
@grok what proportion of total British Imperial forces were Indian in WW2
@Samuel_Culper33@psilynt@basedwingnews@BHoggberg The modem sickness is to be afraid of death. Why are you afraid of something which is both natural and inevitable? You have read the Bible/Torah but you have not read Marcus Aurelius?
@Samuel_Culper33@basedwingnews@BHoggberg Ok. I'm happy for you. But the full set of circumstances that persuaded you have not happened to me. Did you ever hear about Fermat? He claimed he had a proof of a particular theorem but that it didn't fit the margin of the page?
@Samuel_Culper33@basedwingnews@BHoggberg How do you know what the truth is? I ask myself every day why I think I know what I know. Do you?
Humans are inherently untrustworthy. They make mistakes, and they deliberately lie.
@culturewarnotes@kahntra The problem with lsraelis is the embedded racism. It's a serious problem for them. They don't see it that way, but for anyone else it stands out like a sure thumb. Didn't help to have mass immigration from Russia.