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I’m in northern Italy. Traces of those wars are literally everywhere. One of the largest war memorials is near here [0] Learning history is important. And it’s
by manuelmoreale 3y ago
I’m in northern Italy. Traces of those wars are literally everywhere. One of the largest war memorials is near here [0]
Learning history is important. And it’s educational. And if to learn it you have to see something gruesome, so be it.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redipuglia_War_Memorial https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redipuglia_War_Memorial
- ianai 3y agoAnd of course we must avoid presentism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentism_(literary_and_historical_analysis) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentism_(literary_and_histo... History is many things including terrible and gruesome. But ignorance of history is no answer.