echoes_of_time - Profile (original) (raw)

on 17 January 2004 (#1918615)

This community exists to remember the acts of men who in some way influenced the world as we know it, good or bad. On an individual scale to remember the last stands of men who died believing in something worth dying for. On a collective scale, to discuss empires and those that ruled them, led by those who would change the world by act or accident.

I am petrified by the lack of historical knowledge that many people have. If the axiom that history repeats itself is true, then we had better be worried. On a personal note, I find it the height of arrogance to remain ignorant about the sacrifices that so many have made, selling their lives dearly for principle, honor and duty
only to be forgotten by a generation infused with apathy. We have replaced knowledge with circuitry, loyalty with convenience and meditative reflection with temporal sound bites.

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