Remember the Alamo!

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

Thats easy, it is when the interpretation is based on fiction not fact.

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Not a different interpretation. I was referring to looking at history and applying modern morality judgments to it.

Fair enough, both of those would definitely be mistakes. To me it originally looked like, Mookie, that you were yourself doing the classic first year student mistake, that is, treating history "as it is", but I get the point now.