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That's a great quote, Hamlet. Yes, there have been efforts here to go backwards too, though fortunately it seems to have quietened down now. Known as the History Wars, it all quite quite vicious for a while, and very destructive of people's reputations.
People like Henry Reynolds whom I was quoting earlier, were accused of Black Armband history, and those trying to discredit their works on the treatment of Aboriginals became known as the White Blindfold group.
That sounds like good training that you had, Stephjk. We have some pretty horrible revelations of bullying in the armed forces coming out now. It has been a very macho culture for a long time, but hopefully is changing now.
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