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AndyBeez:
The accurate observation, recording and prediction of Astronomical events; for over 4,000 years.

The concept of artificial flight with kites and lanterns.

The inception of a 7 day week and thus, the creation of Le Weekend  :popcorn:



TimFox:

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--- Quote from: eti on March 24, 2023, 01:05:22 am ---We Brits started the Industrial Revolution. Americans built upon it, and at some point down the line the Chinese cloned it all. Look at the most used and prominent inventions used every day - the majority were invented here in the UK. Before any Americans pipe up and claim said inventions, remember, we have been here many many hundreds of years before todays’ America came to be - we discovered you in 1492!
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"You" discovered America!

 :-DD

You have your countries mixed up! Besides ... how can you "discover" a continent where there are already human beings inhabiting it - it's already been discovered! :-DD

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Well clearly not me personally

Some basic history lessons will show you that Christopher Columbus - a Brit - discovered America. OBVIOUSLY the people who were natives didn’t “discover” it any more than I’d “discover” my own feet - I’ve always had them just as they’d always lived there - NATIVE - that’s the clue.

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Leif Ericsson, a Norseman, found America long before an Italian, Cristoforo Colombo, in the service of Spain under the name Cristóbal Colón found it further south.
Later, under Henry VII, another Italian, Giovanni Caboto, in the service of England under the name John Cabot, found North America once again.
You could look it up...
Kerlin:
Haha The Boston tea party right here on EEV.
Its an Aussie forum so we are not at all interested EH?.
Sides these days it would be the Boston curry party.
T3sl4co1l:
Could've just as well been the Boston Molasses Party I suppose.

I mean, it was, just not in relation to any national or international relationships.

As for the nationalist fervor, or jingoism or what have you, in this thread... yeah, right, whatever.  The simple fact is all countries have committed terrible atrocities.  Against their neighbors, against their ("their" in geographic terms) prior inhabitants, against their own (current, naturalized) inhabitants, against remote enemies, anything.  Some worse than others perhaps, but ranking them seems a perverse activity, at best distracting from the fact that it's happened (or happening).  Likewise, all countries can credit themselves with numerous technical, artistic, spiritual, whatever achievements; amazingly enough, countries are complex (pseudo-?)entities.

Now, there are two readings a person will take away from this:
1. "BoTh SiDeS", everyone else does it so what does it matter that we did / are doing it, and what does it matter trying to prevent others from doing it?  Even if I could do anything about it, I still don't care.  Turn on the television, I want to see how my football team is doing.

Or 2., acknowledging that that darkness exists within all of us (or at least a sizable minority of us), and that we can better ourselves, to rise above that violent streak and treat one another with love and respect no matter who we are, or where we are from; and to monitor such events as (or before) they unfold, and hold our leaders accountable to reduce or eliminate such acts; and better research and understand why and how such events come to be: to understand systemic racism; cycles of poverty, crime and violence; to understand colonialism and imperialism, and their use of these behaviors and conditions as tools, to control and mold the populations they dominate; and so on.

And, in turn, if not preventing them from happening, then at least gaining and understanding of the economic forces (read: aristocrats, oligarchs, capitalists, corporations; take your pick) that drive these circumstances.  Which, as far as I know, on a sufficiently grand (international) scale, can always be reduced to this as an explanation; the only limitation is that historical (or even current day) evidence may not always be available to prove it.  Controlling these agents, has always been a challenge; since they seek to control us (in turn, our wealth), it's only ever at best been a constant struggle, and at worst an utter defeat.

Tim
schmitt trigger:

--- Quote from: jonovid on March 23, 2023, 06:34:36 am ---ideas posted may just end up on AliEx   ;D

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Then let’s start brainstorming and discussing ideas about perpetual motion and free energy.
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