Yes, but we have to tell them too, or they may never be interested enough to learn from it, Bruce. (I wonder how many young Americans (under 30) still know the significance of today’s date?)
Best wishes, Pete.
If history is forgotten, the same things will be repeated. The younger generations need to be reminded what some men are cabable of.
Best wishes, Pete.
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There are no good predictions for the future. Let’s hope all will go well. Best wishes, Michael
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Me too, Michael.
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Never forget.
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I never will, Jennie.
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never forget
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Exactly that, Beth.
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Horrifying.
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9/11 was like the modern-day Pearl Harbour. If people forget, it will continue to happen.
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Also, many people have forgotten the Alamo.
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I am sure they have, David.
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I am sure the Yanks knew this was going to happen and “allowed it” so it could join WW2. At the time it needed an excuse/
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There is some evidence that they knew it might happen. Hence the removal of the aircraft carriers from Pearl Harbour.
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“A day that will live in infamy.” Warmest regards, Ed
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That was a good quote from FDR, Ed.
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I couldn’t agree more. Thank you for this important reminder.
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Thanks very much, Liz.
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You’re welcome, Pete.
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We are a people that never learn lessons from our history.
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Sad but true, Molly. All I can do is to keep trying to remind them.
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I totally agree, Pete. History is an important resource we should never fail to make available to all.
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Yes, but we have to tell them too, or they may never be interested enough to learn from it, Bruce. (I wonder how many young Americans (under 30) still know the significance of today’s date?)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sadly Pete we seem to learn nothing as world events continue to remind us…
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I will keep reminding people for as long as I can, John.
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History teaching is probably sanitised these days in case anybody is offended.
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I would like to think that was not the case, but you could well be right, Stevie.
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Lest we forget!!!
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Exactly that, Don.
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Yet there are those who would have us be selective in what we teach children. And those who deny the holocaust.
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If history is forgotten, the same things will be repeated. The younger generations need to be reminded what some men are cabable of.
Best wishes, Pete.
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