Why are people always trying to change the facts of history?
Just today i hear about some Brazilian named Santos Dumont. Brazil (and other parts of the world) call him the inventor of the airplane. The true father of aviation and consider the Wright Brothers accomplishments who flew 3 years before Dumont a hoax. Granted, after reading up on Dumont he did make some remarkable advancements in aviation and aircraft for the time, but he didnt fly until 1906, while the Wright brothers flew in 1903. Everyone knows that they were first from grade school history! Is this part of the "Hate America and everything American" trend that is sweeping the world, or just personal/national pride in their own country? Or a combination of both? I see so many cases of people trying to re-write the history books on many issues. Why? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Santos-Dumont#Controversy_vis-a-vis_Wright_brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x9uldy9C_w
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- For me I reckon the world as a whole have changed and I'm unsure whether its for the better. We seem to have these young and upcoming academics attempting to re write history as they see it and sometimes I have to agree with research being done by these academics. These days tho with all the new technology its so easy to reinvent or update previous inventions. But I dunno I just seem to be rambling.
