Saturday, September 17, 2005

We Are Building An Army So Powerful, We Won't Need Any Weapons.

Things that would be nice for History Is A Weapon:
First, an OCR program that works with a mac.
Second, assistance editing this statement which may or may not be placed on the front page, but will probably go on the site somewhere:
History didn't Happen.
History isn't what happened. No, it is a story of what happened. And there are different versions, different stories, about the same events. One version might revolve prominently over a specific set of facts while another may play them down or not include them at all. Like stories, each of these different versions of history contain different lessons. Some histories tell us that the leaders before have always tried to do right for everyone. Others remark that the emperors don't have the slaves' best interests at heart. Some teach us that this is both what has always been and what always will be. Others counsel that we shouldn't mistake transient dominance for intrinsic superiority. Regardless of the value of these many lessons, History isn't what happened, but the stories of what happened and the lessons these stories include. The very selection of what histories we are taught shapes our view of how what is came to be and, in turn, what we understand as possible. This choice is never neutral or objective. Those who choose, either following a set agenda or guided by hidden prejudices, serve their interests. Their interests could be to continue this world as it now stands or to make a new world. History is a tool to shape our understanding of our world. And every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.

Came across a nice website with some cool posters as this was being worked on: Autonome. "One hundred thousand volunteers needed in the only war that brings you back to life." and "We Are Building An Army So Powerful, We Won't Need Any Weapons."

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