Euro zone orders Cyprus to sieze 10%

[Hottentot]

Originally Posted by August

European history (at least as it is taught over here) is pretty much all about continuous war and conflict at some degree of intensity.

It's easy to concentrate on wars in history and especially in teaching it, because wars are quick and simple ways of showing progress. They are often turning points: first this, then war, after the war that. Insert any kind of progress you want in the place of "this" and "that". Wars usually last for a few years, whereas other kind of development may take at least decades. The latter takes longer to explain or even notice.

Not saying that wars don't exist in the European history. The continent has a bloody past. But it would be equally possible to write the peaceful history of Europe. Many monographs take this perspective. The problem is that the monographs are not studied by the majority of people, because the majority of the people get their knowledge of history from school, where the time and resources are more limited.

History is always choices from the past. These choices can change: as the EU has become more prominent, so is the history taking different perspective these days.

Originally Posted by yubba

well if it wasn't for america the world would be eatin sourkraut with chop sticks, and speakin french with a russian acsent...

Were you there to save the world from that? If not, then that's pretty disgusting behavior.