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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 816997" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>It wasn't my intent to be provocative, and I wasn't trying to declare a political belief. Hopefully my post won't lead to a political debate about Hitler, Stalin, Mao, or prohibition. I was simply trying to point out, like you said that unless all you have are charts and graphs, someone has to describe what happened. That description is going to have bias. I don't see any way around that. I have never had a desire to do a detailed study of the Chinese Communist Revolution. If I did decide to study it, I would read several different books from several different authors with at least one being a translated Chinese account. I might agree with or disagree with some or all of some of the authors. My intent would be to get as many facts as I can from as many sources as I can to hopefully reach conclusions on my own. Just because something is written in a book doesn't mean that it is true, any more than being on the internet means that something is true. I think for history, just like I say for news, people should get as much information from as many sources as possible, be skeptical about everything, and make decisions about what you believe on your own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 816997, member: 2426"] It wasn't my intent to be provocative, and I wasn't trying to declare a political belief. Hopefully my post won't lead to a political debate about Hitler, Stalin, Mao, or prohibition. I was simply trying to point out, like you said that unless all you have are charts and graphs, someone has to describe what happened. That description is going to have bias. I don't see any way around that. I have never had a desire to do a detailed study of the Chinese Communist Revolution. If I did decide to study it, I would read several different books from several different authors with at least one being a translated Chinese account. I might agree with or disagree with some or all of some of the authors. My intent would be to get as many facts as I can from as many sources as I can to hopefully reach conclusions on my own. Just because something is written in a book doesn't mean that it is true, any more than being on the internet means that something is true. I think for history, just like I say for news, people should get as much information from as many sources as possible, be skeptical about everything, and make decisions about what you believe on your own. [/QUOTE]
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