What good is history besides the facts? What do you mean?
Merit is a word that belong to morality, not History. As I said, History is about understanding past times as much as we can given the sources we have. It isn't about discussing whatever merits or pointing the good guys or the bad guys.
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Date: 2005-12-13 10:24 am (UTC)What good is history besides the facts? What do you mean?
Merit is a word that belong to morality, not History. As I said, History is about understanding past times as much as we can given the sources we have. It isn't about discussing whatever merits or pointing the good guys or the bad guys.