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Are we history?, self-explanitory
Saeglopur
post Sep 10 2004, 02:40 PM
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This question was raised in History class today.

Are we history?

If yes, then why?
If no, then why not?
 
 
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post Sep 10 2004, 07:58 PM
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QUOTE(patrick004 @ Sep 10 2004, 7:31 PM)
I've had a similar topic like this in my US History class.

This is how I perceive things.

History and the past are two different things. History are things that have happened in the past that will control or change how things will happen in the future.

Oh, I scratch my arm 5 seconds ago. That's not history. Eli Whitney introduced to us the idea of interchangeable parts. That's history. Nowadays, a lot of things are made with interchangeable parts like computers and cars.

History also has to be something of importance. Something might not be important to you but may be to somebody else. For example, a soldier writes an account about his life in Iraw. It might not be important to us but years from now, somebody will find it and it will be of interest to them. And that's how we get our history.

I hope that was a good answer for you.

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm looking for.. but also, we are history.

Some of us impact many lives. Wouldn't we be history? Like probably, when we work, it will impact many other people. But really, how do we know if we are history, if we don't know what history means?
 

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Days Nearly Over   Are we history?   Sep 10 2004, 02:40 PM
CrackedRearView   This second is history. And this one. And this o...   Sep 10 2004, 05:18 PM
inlonelinessidie   ^^ Yup. Couldn't have said it better myself.   Sep 10 2004, 05:59 PM
Days Nearly Over   QUOTE(CrackedRearView @ Sep 10 2004, 5:18 PM)...   Sep 10 2004, 06:17 PM
inlonelinessidie   QUOTE(Days Nearly Over @ Sep 10 2004, 4:17 PM...   Sep 10 2004, 06:28 PM
ohBrian   but our time was MADE up   Sep 10 2004, 06:32 PM
jeanna   well i know we are because of 9/11. im sure one da...   Sep 10 2004, 07:26 PM
patrick004   I've had a similar topic like this in my US Hi...   Sep 10 2004, 07:31 PM
Days Nearly Over   QUOTE(patrick004 @ Sep 10 2004, 7:31 PM)I...   Sep 10 2004, 07:58 PM
sikdragon   We are history if we benifit the history writers.   Sep 10 2004, 08:27 PM
KaRaoKe_sLut   History can be applied in a wide variety of ways. ...   Sep 10 2004, 10:14 PM
Sumiaki   We are history. I could write this whole big huge ...   Sep 10 2004, 10:39 PM
Days Nearly Over   Yes, but not all history has something to do with ...   Sep 10 2004, 10:42 PM
Sumiaki   QUOTE(Days Nearly Over @ Sep 10 2004, 10:42 P...   Sep 10 2004, 10:50 PM
omg_melface   Time is an illusion.. it's all in your head.   Sep 11 2004, 12:28 AM
smile4me   yepyep! *nods vigorously* time is relative, t...   Sep 11 2004, 10:21 AM
nyctophiliac   everything is history lol every second something n...   Sep 12 2004, 12:31 PM
PinkTrash   Yeah i agree too, doesnt have to be something sign...   Sep 12 2004, 04:05 PM
F1R3B4T   mayans predicted teh end of the world is 2008.   Sep 12 2004, 04:43 PM
barelyy_coherent   QUOTE(patrick004 @ Sep 10 2004, 4:31 PM)Histo...   Sep 13 2004, 01:40 AM
thesweetescape   Of course we are part of history. That's exact...   Sep 13 2004, 02:41 AM
CrackedRearView   QUOTE(Days Nearly Over @ Sep 10 2004, 5:17 PM...   Sep 13 2004, 06:45 AM
patrick004   QUOTE(F1R3B4T @ Sep 12 2004, 4:43 PM)mayans p...   Sep 13 2004, 04:05 PM
patrick004   QUOTE(barelyy_coherent @ Sep 13 2004, 1:40 AM...   Sep 13 2004, 04:13 PM
conster   i think each minute that passed by is history cuz ...   Sep 13 2004, 10:58 PM
glow   i guess dere a few views of history....to me...my ...   Sep 13 2004, 11:12 PM
barelyy_coherent   QUOTE(patrick004 @ Sep 13 2004, 1:13 PM)Ummm....   Sep 13 2004, 11:42 PM
Spirited Away   I have a history because I have memory of it and I...   Sep 14 2004, 10:50 AM
WhiteLotus*   I think we are. Even though some of the things we...   Sep 16 2004, 01:35 AM
patrick004   QUOTE(barelyy_coherent @ Sep 13 2004, 11:42 P...   Sep 16 2004, 10:46 AM
espionage   Whoa, lotus has a weird point. What if the intern...   Sep 16 2004, 08:55 PM
barelyy_coherent   QUOTE(espionage @ Sep 16 2004, 5:55 PM)Whoa, ...   Sep 17 2004, 01:19 AM
sikdragon   If the records were kept we would be history but n...   Sep 17 2004, 01:27 AM
patrick004   QUOTE(espionage @ Sep 16 2004, 8:55 PM)Whoa, ...   Sep 17 2004, 03:50 PM
espionage   I think it scary, because this would be the first ...   Sep 17 2004, 08:46 PM
WhiteLotus*   QUOTE(espionage @ Sep 17 2004, 6:46 PM)I thin...   Sep 18 2004, 01:46 AM
MyVermilionPlague   Yeah, we're history. Anyone and everyone is c...   Sep 25 2004, 08:11 PM
sporadic   everyone is history. If it happened, if it lived, ...   Sep 25 2004, 08:14 PM
Alternativemado   QUOTE(Days Nearly Over @ Sep 10 2004, 6:17 PM...   Oct 21 2004, 11:27 PM
LilPiggi3   I think we are living in events that will consider...   Oct 22 2004, 11:47 PM
christiee_nax   its really cool when you think about it .. we...   Oct 24 2004, 08:23 AM
Smitty   In my opinion, every single thing that happens is ...   Oct 28 2004, 09:55 PM
sikdragon   Ok, well if it's history who is keeping record...   Oct 28 2004, 10:42 PM
sammi rules you   tomorrow, today will be history. if we do somethin...   Oct 29 2004, 08:52 AM
sikdragon   the topic does not question potential, the topic p...   Oct 29 2004, 12:04 PM
sammi rules you   QUOTE(sikdragon @ Oct 29 2004, 11:04 AM)the t...   Oct 29 2004, 01:07 PM
sikdragon   The what does have to do with self-worth?   Oct 29 2004, 01:17 PM
sammi rules you   QUOTE(sikdragon @ Oct 29 2004, 12:17 PM)The w...   Oct 29 2004, 01:44 PM
sikdragon   then*   Oct 29 2004, 01:49 PM
sammi rules you   i don't know what has to do with self-worth, y...   Oct 29 2004, 02:37 PM


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