Happy John Cabot Day

[AdamZ]

What the hell did they teach me in second grade? Sheesh

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44846249/?gt1=43001

 

[ScottM]

I always liked Mr. French.


Oooh wait JOHN Cabot.

 

[Anthony]

What the hell did they teach me in second grade? Sheesh

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44846249/?gt1=43001

Well they didn't teach you enough to realize PMSNBC is not a new source.






(yes, I know why you posted it)

 

[ScottM]

I was recently at the National Museum in Athens. It is really cool and has some really interesting artifacts in it. It is also laid out very nicely, ending with the Roman expansion into Greece. The last sign on the wall is commemorating the rise of Christendom and the end of the Roman Empire. It says 'thus ends the world.' This was the beginning of the dark ages. It is not at all surprising when you see the art and even analog computers in use during the bronze age of Greece and Rome that information, such as the world being round, would be lost to the new Christian world of Europe. The great cultures of Persia, Egypt, Greece and Rome invented a lot of stuff that would need to be rediscovered as the Roman Empire fell apart and institutions of government and scholarship were lost.

Just looking at the art of height of the Greek and Roman eras, one sees that ability lost in Europe until the Renaissance. The fall of Rome was truly the end of the modern world for about 1200 years.

 

[JoeSelch]

I always liked Mr. French.


Oooh wait JOHN Cabot.

My first thought, exactly!!

 

[Anthony]

My first thought, exactly!!

So, the character actor, Sebastion Cabot discovered America? NOW I know why they called him Mr. French! So the French discovered America!

I love revisionist history.

 

[AdamZ]

Well they didn't teach you enough to realize PMSNBC is not a new source.



Who said that was news??:wink2:



(yes, I know why you posted it)

So, the character actor, Sebastion Cabot discovered America? NOW I know why they called him Mr. French! So the French discovered America!

I love revisionist history.

The amount of revisionist history is amazing! I just watched a show on the war of 1812 that was fascinating. Common belief is that the War was won at the battle of New Orleans, when infact the war ended a few weeks prior when a treaty was signed at Ghent. The Brits only packed up when news of the treaty reached the US weeks later but everyone blieves the battle of N.O. won the war.