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[elliebean]

And, as my name indicates, I'm very intrested in history

Hey there,
There's been some discussion on another thread about Hitler's religious beliefs. Your knowledge should come in handy.

Welcome!

Where is this thread, if you please...

Rat'cher.

[Tank]

I was standing in the kitchen of the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam a few years ago. There were a few other people there two appeared to be a couple, Jewish American I would guess from the accent. He appeared very well read on the subject of the museum and was telling the lady all about what had happened. At one point she said "you know I never knew the Germans got this far!" He rolled his eyes at her ignorance.

Amazing, ain't it?

Ignorance is unfortunately more common than knowledge. One slightly comical side effect is playing Trivial Pursuit with the majority of Americans. I can forgive their lack of knowledge of international sport, I know bugger all about American 'soft ball', you know the game that make Cricket look exciting  lol   He want and taught English there and found his wife. Apparently a teacher was considered a considerable 'catch' and fraternisation between the staff and pupils was expected. However Mark was advised that taking the fraternisation beyond the verbal was fine as long as you married the pupil in question, we are talking 16/17 yo here. Failure to legitimise the relationship would result in the teacher being dismissed, prosecuted (for effective 'breach of contract') and then deported. Mark spent 4 years in Cameroon and came back to the USA with a  wife and two kids. He confessed he had originally wanted an Asian wife as he didn't really like American women (I simply relate what he told me) and wanted a wife 'That would at least listen to what I want.'. Apparently all went well for the first few months until Mark's sisters explained 'hen pecking' to his wife who took to the lessons with a vengeance  

[history_geek]

And, as my name indicates, I'm very intrested in history

Hey there,
There's been some discussion on another thread about Hitler's religious beliefs. Your knowledge should come in handy.

Welcome!

Thanks.

I checked the thread, but I wonder if I have anything to add in there, other that the whole thing is just ridicilous. Sure, the Catholic Charch had it issues (and backroom deals) with Hitler, but that doesn't automatically make him an atheist.  lol

I was standing in the kitchen of the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam a few years ago. There were a few other people there two appeared to be a couple, Jewish American I would guess from the accent. He appeared very well read on the subject of the museum and was telling the lady all about what had happened. At one point she said "you know I never knew the Germans got this far!" He rolled his eyes at her ignorance

Try going to some country in Europe, and start asking questions about things like The Battle of Bull Run or Gettysburg, about Guadalcanal, who was the 16th/17th/18th/etc. President of US or what State was the last to join the US and what year it was. I'd bet 9/10 you'd get blank stares and "I don't know"s as answers. That's because that has nothing to do with their country and it was never spoken in depth about in school.

But that's only when its about such random subjects without going to specifics. The rest of the time the only possible answer is that these people live by the saying : Ignorance is Bliss. :hmm:  

[Gawen]

I have nothing to add to the Hitler stuff. McQ and most definitely Sophus took care of that.