"Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it" -Alternatively attributed (in one form or another) to Edmund Burke, George Santayana, and Sir Winston Ch

"Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it" -Alternatively attributed (in one form or another) to Edmund Burke, George Santayana, and Sir Winston Churchill, and possibly your high school history teacher, as well! Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_hole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_hole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Historical_negationism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Historical_negationis... Also, if you're criticizing or downvoting this (which I am completely OK with, BTW!), you're equally-and-oppositely criticizing and downvoting all of the links above. I see myself only as a messenger... a simple "knowlege-mover"... I only move knowledge from point A (the links above) to point B (Hacker News)... That, and I see myself as simple, humble student of history... OK, now that that's said, you may proceed to downvote and criticize to your heart's content! <g> In fact, I'd be glad if you did!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect The Internet Archive is worth at least 1,000 Googles -- because of the History it provides... it's the closest thing to a record of our Civilization (through the years that it was active) that we have at this point in time. Destroy History, and you destroy Civilization itself...