It was 62 years ago today...

Bob, Shawn,

Read the thread. The confusion about date versus event was cleared up
yesterday.

Michael

"ShawnD2112" wrote in message
...
I'll chime in here and ask my fellow American countrymen what year the
Nazi
party rose to power. The event of Pearl Harbor was important, but the
date
probably wouldn't be remembered by any that weren't alive at the time here
in the UK. It's not a seminal date in their history, any more than the
date
Germany invaded Poland is important in the US. Likewise, most Americans
don't know when Paris was liberated, but I'll bet most French people have
some idea.

Shawn
"Michael 182" wrote in message
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"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:34:55 GMT, Geoffrey Barnes wrote:


*hmmm* still no clue ... well, *googling* ... oh. Pearl Harbor.
Hm, not that important of a date here in Europe and/but well known in
the
US, I assume.

Come on Martin - I agree with a lot of your posts that accuse the US of
a
provinicial world-view, but to say Pearl Harbor was not a date important
in
world history is ludicrous. It was the precipitating event that drew the
US
into WWII, which, as I remember, had a pretty large effect on Europe.
Saying
Pearl Harbor is an unimportant date in European history is like saying
the
rise of Nazism was unimportant in US history.

Roger that. Noticed after I transmitted. Still, it was a fun debate to
follow...
"Michael 182" wrote in message
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Bob, Shawn,

Read the thread. The confusion about date versus event was cleared up
yesterday.

Michael

"ShawnD2112" wrote in message
...
I'll chime in here and ask my fellow American countrymen what year the
Nazi
party rose to power. The event of Pearl Harbor was important, but the
date
probably wouldn't be remembered by any that weren't alive at the time
here
in the UK. It's not a seminal date in their history, any more than the
date
Germany invaded Poland is important in the US. Likewise, most Americans
don't know when Paris was liberated, but I'll bet most French people
have
some idea.

Shawn
"Michael 182" wrote in message
news:aX5Bb.473209$Fm2.460844@attbi_s04...

"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:34:55 GMT, Geoffrey Barnes wrote:


*hmmm* still no clue ... well, *googling* ... oh. Pearl Harbor.
Hm, not that important of a date here in Europe and/but well known
in
the
US, I assume.

Come on Martin - I agree with a lot of your posts that accuse the US
of
a
provinicial world-view, but to say Pearl Harbor was not a date
important
in
world history is ludicrous. It was the precipitating event that drew
the
US
into WWII, which, as I remember, had a pretty large effect on Europe.
Saying
Pearl Harbor is an unimportant date in European history is like saying
the
rise of Nazism was unimportant in US history.