You know, I was channel surfing with the menfolk of the House yesterday and we came across something about Ivan the Terrible on the History Channel or something. It being History Channel, of course, I was forced to stop and watch. The narrator kept going on about how unforgettable and epic and yadda yadda...eventually I had enough and announced, "Because you people won't let it beek alone!" Now...there are somethings we certainly need to remember so we don't do them again, however...I can entirely sympathize with the desire to move forward from our ugliness, to have learned and get on with living instead of wallowing in the horrors of yesteryear and all that jazz. (political rant truncated here)
...I gotta admit, I was surprised to hear about this. I thought everyone knew that song was about the Kent State dealieo. ...then again, I thought everyone knew how to turn off the light on a fishtank until yesterday =( Some people have infinite capacity to amaze with the differences between what we know and what they know. Really...really infinite.
(Still. Seriously? Dude. It was only sort of the one thing the social studies people harp on until we turn blue in the face and whatnot...)
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Date: 2009-02-11 06:50 pm (UTC)...I gotta admit, I was surprised to hear about this. I thought everyone knew that song was about the Kent State dealieo. ...then again, I thought everyone knew how to turn off the light on a fishtank until yesterday =( Some people have infinite capacity to amaze with the differences between what we know and what they know. Really...really infinite.
(Still. Seriously? Dude. It was only sort of the one thing the social studies people harp on until we turn blue in the face and whatnot...)