Jimmsfairytales0com's Blog – June 2009 Archive (2)

I replied to somebody's discussion elsewhere on this site. I think it worthwhile to publish this as a blog. Reactions please...



I'm sorry to be a downer on such a well-intentioned discussion, BUT



a) Where do you get this idea that the first shot fired in the American War of Independence was "the beginning of a new age in human history"???

This is the kind of USA-centred view of History, as if the USA were the inventors of all that is good and decent, that is… Continue

I submitted the following comment to one of my groups on MyPeace. But I think that it deserves wider attention than the relatively small membership of that group, so I'm adding it here as a blog:



That message about the survey to choose your preference between the Whopper and the Big Mac that showed up in my e-mail inbox as having been posted on THIS thread [Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes! !!!] was truly… Continue