Talk:World History Lecture Fourteen

It is not 'English Protestants' who rule Northern Ireland, but Northern Irish Protestants who identify themselves as British - and they rule, now, in coalition with Irish nationalists. Some of the articles here on Ireland and Northern Ireland will give you more insight into the question. And your reluctance to use the term terrorism in relation to Northern Ireland is questionable. Pachyderm 08:43, 29 August 2007 (EDT)

Pachyderm's comments are all correct. In addition the mortar attack on 10 Downing Street happened on 7 February 1991 - several months after Mrs Thatcher left office[1] . John Major (and the rest of the cabinet) were the targets. I think you may be confusing this attack with another one seven years prior to this where the IRA left a bomb in a Brighton hotel where Mrs Thatcher was staying during the Conservative Party conference.[2] Ferret 08:06, 30 August 2007 (EDT)

There is no bit of Ireland that is more Northerly than the most Northern parts of England, thus Ireland is not 'slightly to the North-West of England'. The IRA attack on 10 Downing Street was made from an abandoned van not with 'hand-held weapons'. MrSmith 16:20, 31 August 2007 (EDT)

It is purposeless getting into an edit war, but the section on Northern Ireland stinks. It presents a completely one-sided and inaccurate view of the situation to the extent of serving as a justification for terrorism. Pachyderm 09:26, 10 September 2007 (EDT)

Having lived in Northern ireland and hailing from a Catholic background, the section is pretty much what I was taught at school. This sort of inherent bias is bad to teach children - tell them the two sides of the story. Tell them about Gordon Wilson, the Methodist who lost his daughter tragically in an IRA bomb and who immediately forgave those who caused; pleaded for reconciliation and toured the world in a pledge for peace. Both sides faced their tragedies, its only right that both sides get a fair shout. Graham 07:13, 25 September 2007 (EDT)

PS- 'But on 1919, the Irish Republic was declared through the efforts of its leader' THe Irish Republic was only declared, it did not become official until 1948. Up until then there was the Irish Free State (1921-1937) and Eire (1937-1948), which represented two constitutional changes on the road to independence. Graham 07:19, 25 September 2007 (EDT)

Globalism

One word sums up most historians’ view of the world today: “globalism”. That was not even a word 20 years ago. Incorrect: the Oxford Englisgh Dictionary has 'globalism' listed in Webster in 1961 and being used in The Economist in 1965. DukeAra 06:36, 29 February 2008 (EST)

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc was illiterate - do you really want to claim her as a poster girl for homeschooling? And please could we have citations for the home-schooled status of John the Baptist and Jesus? DukeAra 07:17, 29 February 2008 (EST)

Le Pen

I'd agree with Le Pen being racist, given that he's denied the Holocaust. DanH 07:46, 29 February 2008 (EST)

Mistake

Just a simple one i noticed immediately, 'Kwanada' should of course be 'Rwanda' RobertWDP 08:43, 25 February 2009 (EST)

Teflon

Teflon is often attributed to NASA or the apollo program, but that is infact not true. Teflon was discovered privately (and accidently) at a DuPoint lab in 1938 by a guy called Dr. Roy J. Plunkett. There were Teflon products on the market by 1946, before nasa was even founded. Although teflon was used in the apollo project, it wasn't even have the first major scientific use for it, the Manhattan Project made major use of teflon in the uranium enrichment process. [3] --SCarter 14:12, 9 March 2009 (EDT)

Interesting point. Too bad your link to support this claim is broken.--Andy Schlafly 17:35, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

Reversion explained

Too much editorializing and obscure details required reversion. A good lecture is straightforward and factual, hitting the key points. Editorialize or debate the obscure on the talk page, please.--Andy Schlafly 17:35, 7 May 2009 (EDT)