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Old 12-13-2013, 09:09 AM   #1128 (permalink)
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Boo.

Idk it just always seem that people that are into history only like what's on the surface and only like the superficial things associate with certain periods of time and/or a decade. They don't really like history to go deeper and see what is missing from the history books they have learned from.
While the Eurocentrism of the American education system (and Europe I'm assuming) can be annoying I see nothing wrong with history as a self-indulgent hobby. My minor obsession with feudal Japan has nothing to do with learning lessons from history, but I still can't help but be fascinated by Ieyasu Tokugawa, and Yukimura Sanada, and the Battle of Sekigahara, etc. Now who's a nerd talking about **** nobody else cares about?
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