06-08-2010, 11:41 PM
Jona wrote:
Y'know, you almost had me going there ......until I saw this! :lol: :lol: Then I knew that, in the words of the tennis player John McEnroe: "Man, you canNOT be serious! " :wink: :wink:
You feel History/archaeology is being taught badly/corrupted?....and your solution is to close the history departments? :lol: :lol: :lol:
......How about reforming them instead? After all ;"..those who are ignorant of their history are condemned to repeat it ! "
It probably does not matter much in the scheme of things whether Leiden's diplomas retain their latin or not, but 'Traditons' ( real or imagined) do have a purpose in Society.
Also, it strikes me as odd that a man who was denied his chosen wording on his diploma should now wish to deny choice of wording to others who happen to like/want Latin !
Very funny, Jona! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Quote:Yes. We should use the money to create decent libraries, and stop funding the history departments. The current system is essentially a subsidy to the middle classes. It has not created good history books. The current system is a cul-de-sac.
Y'know, you almost had me going there ......until I saw this! :lol: :lol: Then I knew that, in the words of the tennis player John McEnroe: "Man, you canNOT be serious! " :wink: :wink:
You feel History/archaeology is being taught badly/corrupted?....and your solution is to close the history departments? :lol: :lol: :lol:
......How about reforming them instead? After all ;"..those who are ignorant of their history are condemned to repeat it ! "
It probably does not matter much in the scheme of things whether Leiden's diplomas retain their latin or not, but 'Traditons' ( real or imagined) do have a purpose in Society.
Also, it strikes me as odd that a man who was denied his chosen wording on his diploma should now wish to deny choice of wording to others who happen to like/want Latin !
Very funny, Jona! :lol: :lol: :lol:
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
