OT: Living Conditions for Athletes and Media in Sochi

[mdn82 25,546]

[quote name="dalton26" post="35814" timestamp="1391791419"]Like I said earlier I love history but I'm not knowledgable enough in Euro history to add much to the discussion. I know quite a bit about American history and I could probably jump in there but with euro I've got a bit of learning to do.

It does amaze me how distorted some things taught in history classes are. I've heard people say "it's history, it's done and over". I've always believed if you forget your history you can't better your future or are doomed to repeat it.


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History has always repeated itself how empires have fallen. When people don't learn from it and we don't, we are human, we repeat the same mistakes.


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[HoosierReb01 7,511]

I totally understand what you're saying. Even when Europeans came here and ran into the natives, it's not like they were incompetent without a way to defend themselves. Just from reading certain accounts, some of the things that natives did to people are, relative to today's standards, completely messed up. Same with Asian history. When Genghis Khan went on his conquests, the Mongols performed some atrocities that are really just hard to comprehend. I really can't think of any major cultures that weren't total savages at some point in their history. (Rastafarians? Haha) I see what you're saying that we mostly just focus on the European side of things like this, but I think it is because that's who we (for the most part) identify with, but it's definitely a universal thing.

And definitely, I mean if you do genealogy, you generally research your own family. I could really care less about doing somebody else's just out of pure curiosity. 

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

Like I said earlier I love history but I'm not knowledgable enough in Euro history to add much to the discussion. I know quite a bit about American history and I could probably jump in there but with euro I've got a bit of learning to do.

It does amaze me how distorted some things taught in history classes are. I've heard people say "it's history, it's done and over". I've always believed if you forget your history you can't better your future or are doomed to repeat it.


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Sounds like we need a history forum. We are doomed to repeat history, largely for that reason. Most people who prophesy about problems in the future, are simply reading from history and following a logical progression. 

[OliviaPope40 6,640]

I think this now belongs in the animal house.

[KingPG21 6,587]

So they admitted to spying on the showers........... uh, whoops?

 

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/2/6/5386432/sochi-2014-russia-spying-showers?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Starting%20Five&utm_campaign=Starting%20Five%20-%20Feb%207%202013

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

So they admitted to spying on the showers........... uh, whoops?

 

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/2/6/5386432/sochi-2014-russia-spying-showers?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Starting%20Five&utm_campaign=Starting%20Five%20-%20Feb%207%202013

Hey, no hijacking the thread.

[Hovadipo 56,953]

[quote name="HoosierReb01" post="35848" timestamp="1391818910"]Hey, no hijacking the thread.[/quote]

Too soon..........


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[mdn82 25,546]

Lol, and there goes the buzzkill…  We need a throwing popcorn emoticon.    :stinker:

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

Come here for Sochi Olympics Failures and find WWII, Vietnam, Columbus and so much more. Gotta love message boards!


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[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

Come here for Sochi Olympics Failures and find WWII, Vietnam, Columbus and so much more. Gotta love message boards!


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[Hwy 1 2,053]

I hear an echo in here.

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

I hear an echo in here.

Our Founder feels as if repeating himself adds emphasis to his comments. Little does he know, it just makes us hope they up his medication.

[Hwy 1 2,053]

Hey, I think I'll try that too! Maybe someone will listen to me that way. Nothing else has worked so far...

[Hwy 1 2,053]

Hey, I think I'll try that too! Maybe someone will listen to me that way. Nothing else has worked so far...

[Hwy 1 2,053]

Well, my third ex always said I never said anything worth listening to, there is that. :(

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

Well, my third ex always said I never said anything worth listening to, there is that. :(

Sounds like a 5fouls line.

[Hwy 1 2,053]

Yeah, I never used it coz he was there first but I was using it long before I knew him. He's not around though so it's mine here!

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

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Johnny Quinn ‏@JohnnyQuinnUSA  6h

...With no phone to call for help, I used my bobsled push training to break out. #SochiJailBreak pic.twitter.com/apZRefgvCO

 

 

 

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[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

[quote name="HoosierReb01" post="35909" timestamp="1391857401"]Our Founder feels as if repeating himself adds emphasis to his comments. Little does he know, it just makes us hope they up his medication.[/quote]
HIL-AR-IOUS


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[Naturalhoosier 15,436]

And Jaybob and Natty may not appreciate this conversation, as they will have to spend too much time looking up words in the dictionary!  :laugh:

 

Au contraire.  I love LOVE history...my preference is military history...specifically Vietnam, WWII, and the Civil War.  ;)