Craig Maxim wrote:Joe Biden should have stepped up to the plate faster. He got put out way too fast.
God knows.
I must say, truthfully, I had no clue who that was in that photo. Which I will also say is rather strange since my knowledge of World War II is not so bad, I have a fairly good understanding of it. My mother would have probably known who that was in a second.
My grandfather on the other hand knew automatically who that was, lol. I had to do a little research to figure out who that guy was, never even heard of him.
I am no historian, so I guess my knowledge of the subject is limited. It has always been enough to get through school stuff though.
Looks like RhythmMan was right, I got to bury my head into the books, lol. I started studying yesterday, started with Chemistry. I am pretty done in the English department, I know most of that stuff (I will brush over it thoroughly though). English was definitely a good subject for me, I got A's in my English's classes online. Actually, any class I took online I got A's in. Especially Economics, I scored 100.57% percent on that one.
But I must admit I never took a history class online, I signed up for it, but dropped it because it was too many for me to handle. I was a home-schooler who was not prepared for a real school workload (As many of us are not). I passed every year with blazing colors though.
So, sorry, but Neville Chamberlain was just not someone I knew of.
As far as I am concerned though, history is full of atrocities and in this country we are just making more of them to fill the books with later. The more wars we get involved in, the more Hell we bring upon ourselves. Iraq is a demolition derby. Iran is a joke in my eyes though, the only thing I fear with them is an attack on Israel, which ultimately will drag us into the war (Or Israel attacking them).
It bothers me, I care not to be drafted. I am a patriot to my country, but I will not die for a senseless war. I will fight however if it means the survival of my family. I remember thinking back then that if I saw a draft coming I would join the Air Force, now I see one is nearing and I do not know what to do (But this is not a path I will take since I do not support the wars).
At the rate we are going now it will not be long before someone presses that red button, must I note that when that happens we are all screwed. Scientifically speaking, that could create a Nuclear Winter, which if you understand how the Earth functions, you know it will destroy everything.
My mind is heavily geared towards science, I guess that is why I am going for Biomedical Engineering.
So let's just say, I have a scientific mind (And apparently one that lacks in historical knowledge).
*If any of my opinions offend anyone, I apologize sincerely. I am just stating my personal beliefs on these controversial matters that we are discussing.
I must heavily press on the fact that we are all mature adults here (At least in certain technical terms I am considered an adult) and should be able to handle discussing these subjects without becoming belligerent and/or hateful in any regards. I may not be the wisest person on the planet, but from how past subjects have gone on these boards during the short time I have been here, it looks like this could become the same. I would hate to see that after we just had a war in the religious section. So if we must discuss politics when they are really out of place, then we should at least coincide with keeping it peaceful.
Peace out guys, GuitarAnatomy.