Here's some of what I was looking for, with an overview of "counterfactual history", which gets to the point about whether this memorial business is actually about "taking an interest in history": "Political
counterfactuals look backward from the present, not forward from the
past. Though framed in terms of the contingent, these what-if
questions are designed to have only a single answer. They are false
counterfactuals, polemical devices intended not to open examination,
but to close debate."
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i havent read your links yet but if you are implying that its some sort of revisionist agitprop mythmaking thats sort of what i was alluding to with jingotourism. i just figured any sort of educational endeavor was better than none. thats probably not necessarily true but i like to think so. and that alone may be proof of your assertion as i have understood it. oh, by the way, some other august body was questioning what is to be considered a just war.
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- alex 6-06-2000 10:54 pm
i havent read your links yet but if you are implying that its some sort of revisionist agitprop mythmaking thats sort of what i was alluding to with jingotourism. i just figured any sort of educational endeavor was better than none. thats probably not necessarily true but i like to think so. and that alone may be proof of your assertion as i have understood it.
oh, by the way, some other august body was questioning what is to be considered a just war.
- dave 6-07-2000 2:20 am [add a comment]