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Title: Do you know which war the Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought in'
Category: History
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2014-05-05 00:33:04
Canadian

[GreenTiger]

Most American can answer thus question.

[andyt]

You can't be serious

[martin14]

Well, it was during the Spanish American war of course.

[andyt]

Nope. Battle of Baskin Robbins.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Jesus, don't people know anything? It was the pivotal battle on the Plains of Abraham where Canada defeated invading US forces.

[PluggyRug]

I know John Wayne was the winner, and more recently Rambo.

[PJB]

Ain't that some famous Civil War battle between the British and the NRA?

[andyt]

Realistically tho, for the millennials that was a long long time ago, and for all the non-European immigrants probably isn't deemed a world war, as we name it in Eurocentric fashion.

[stratos]

Dang don't you all ever watch movies? This is a famous battle from Starship Troupers III.

[PJB]

andyt andyt:

Realistically tho, for the millennials that was a long long time ago, and for all the non-European immigrants probably isn't deemed a world war, as we name it in Eurocentric fashion.

I agree with you in the fact that many young people do not realize the importance of History in the fast paced 'just Google it' world. Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.

The whole 'it never affected me personally' attitude is creating a whole generation that will simply forget.

[andyt]

Well how much are they being taught? And, how important is it to study European war 1? WW2, sure. But decaying imperialist powers having a last fling, not really relevant to today. It's important because of how it affected Canada as a nation, but you don't need to know individual battles for that. And how it led to WW2.

[PJB]

andyt andyt:

Well how much are they being taught? And, how important is it to study European war 1? WW2, sure. But decaying imperialist powers having a last fling, not really relevant to today. It's important because of how it affected Canada as a nation, but you don't need to know individual battles for that. And how it led to WW2.

So what you are saying is that WWI is irrelevant and could be summed up in a single paragraph in a history textbook. One only has to look at how decimated France was after WWI and the protectionist and isolationist attitudes that delayed the entry of the United States into both wars. Canada grew as a nation after WWI and became the country that it is as a result. We cannot disrespect the memories of the thousands of Canadians and millions of people from around the world that gave their lives during that war. Let's not reduce the importance of WWI to a pamphlet that the government hands out at tourist information centres or a paragraph in a history book.

[Freakinoldguy]

andyt andyt:

You can't be serious

I sure as hell hope not.

Everyone knows it was during the Third Gulf War, where Brad Pitt found a cure for necrophilia and stopped all those dead fuckers from killing the rest of us.

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