User:Dacy69

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Ontario is Yours to Discover

This user comes from Canada.

az	Azərbaycan dili bu istifadəçinin ana dilidir. آذربایجان دیلی بو استفاده‌چی‌نین آنا دیلیدیر.

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This user is able to contribute with an advanced level of English.

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Этот участник владеет русским почти как родным.

My CREDO - I HATE FALSIFICATION OF HISTORY

"History is important...
History is important because it helps us to understand the present...If we refuse to listen to history, we will find ourselves fabricating a past that reinforces our understanding of current problems.
Two people can read the same document, however, and interpret it very differently...If every historian reads his own world view into the past, can the past ever break through and speak to us? The answer is "yes." The past speaks in a voice audible to those who want to hear and to listen attentively. Establishing what really happened at a given point in history is much like establishing the guilt or innocence of an accused criminal in a courtroom trial. Evidence is presented and witnesses testify. Taken as a whole, the evidence is full of inconsistencies and inexplicable gaps, and so a sorting process begins. Some witnesses are suspected of being liars; their testimony is handled with suspicion. Some apparent contradictions are found to be resolvable. The gaps are filled with plausible conjecture. As this sorting process continues, a coherent picture begins to emerge. That emerging picture, however, will be one of two very different kinds. If in the course of this sorting procedure we have held tightly to our preconceived notions, the final picture will be a reaffirmation of those prejudices. If, however, we have been willing to jettison beliefs that did not seem to have adequate factual support, we may have our initial suspicions rejected...
History teaches values. If it is true history, it teaches true values; if it is pseudo-history, it teaches false values."

Quote from: David Crabtree. The Importance of History