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Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 1683996)

Please tell me a time when history was not written/rewritten to serve some agenda?

I agree and that is my point.
On a side note: written and RE-written are 2 different things i would have thought.

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This is why on most (all?) historical subjects there are multiple writings on the history from different viewpoints.

Yea, sure, but that flows into the same thing which you said previously.
And i agree again.
And i also state that writing history is one thing, re-writing is from another.
And ofc you will get many differing view points about the same topic in history.
Firstly that is because of the author trying to sell his/her book/film, secondly because they have unearthed details/facts about that topic that others haven't previously, which is nowadays highly unlikely because history has been written in different styles and view points so many times.
And thirdly, history has been written pointing out so many differing views because, well, it's human, everyone has differing views and it's all about how it is presented, be it a book or film.
Different views on the same topic?
That's fine with me.
Historical accuracy suffering because you need to be politically correct so that you can make more money out of your publication? Wrong! Fail!