I had originally posted this in the ‘Site Feedback’ forum, but was edited by a megalomaniac.
I trust it will get a more mature reception here.
I have noticed that some people are getting particularly het up about things on the site.
I would like to put my ha’penth worth in.
Historical fact is just that.
Facts.
Pure and simple.
Nothing added, nothing taken away.
No amount of whinging or wheedling will change it one jot.
So what is the point of bitching about a historical fact ?
I am asking because a member has had topics containing such locked because another member seems to be in denial about the said fact.
The thread was, as we all know, in the ‘Off Topic’ part of this site, and that the original discussion degenerated into mud-slingig is beside the point.
The fact that the Argentine army surrendered in '82 cannot be changed.
Nor can all photographs of the conflict be ‘disappeared.’
The point is that a person with powers to delete posts and lock topics has had a hissy fit due to being unable to argue his side in a discussion.
An example.
Let’s suppose that I were to take exception to the idea that in WWII the Allies had liberated the poor souls held in Bergan-Belsen.
Let us also assume that someone used a photograph of the happy relief of those tortured individuals in their signature.
If I locked their threads and/or gave them warnings, would that not put me in the wrong ?
Denial of history is an oft used tool of dictators, see Stalin, Hitler, Lenin, Amin, Pol Pot, Hussein, etc
They have all used this method of thought control.
If I deny the 1918 surrender of Germany but admit that Holocaust occured am I a better person than if I said the reverse ?
The pcture in question was a similar, (but colour,) version of this one:
Found it:
The person concerned seems to think that if the truth is hidden from enough people then it may be denied.
In the words of Heinrich Himmler, “The oft repeated lie will eventually be accepted as the truth.”
Now is this the action of a responsible moderator* ?
(In my opinion it is not*, but that is only my opinion and it is not for me to make decisions on the way the site is run.)
Just to make my point, I would not complain if another person used photographs of my countrymen surrendering.
That would be historical fact.
(Unless of course it was a falsified picture.)
- I have been proven correct in my original post in ‘Site Feedback.’
Edited to add the colour photograph located at: http://britains-smallwars.com/Falklands/signing.gif