[LINK] {OT} Walk against War - sunday in sydney

[Antony Barry]

On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 07:28 PM, Bob Bain wrote:

>  I thought only the Russians were allowed to tamper with history..
>
>  Stalin and all that...

The British invented the jet plane right? No it was actually the 
Germans.

Arthur C Clarke invented the idea of the communications satellite 
right? No it was actually a Russian.

Pythagoras invented the theorem for which he was named right? Actually 
the Chinese and Indians did it first.

Edison gets credit for many things invented by Nicoli Tesla.

Columbus discovered America right? Nope Eric the Red if you don't count 
the people who came over the Bering land bridge at the end of the last 
glacial and who were already there. I'll also discount the recent book 
saying it was the Chinese. The book also had Chinese settlements in 
Victoria sending expeditions by land to Cooktown.

When the dust settles history is written by those who are still there 
and control the high ground of communications.

But is the internet a tool to bypass those who control the 
communication choke points like the British used to control the naval 
ones?

Tony


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