Posted by
Charles - Brisbane, Australia on May 3, 2008:
This is true (pun intended).
Posted by
Keira, Sydney Australia on May 11, 2008:
Being from Australia I have to agree. There are some references to American culture that despite our large indoctrination of US culture I still don't understand.
But I'm still glad you don't put footnotes, because whenever I read footnotes I always stop there whereas by not putting footnotes what may have started out as a research of a quote will lead me into a search of the author which will have me learn their life and perhaps teach about a cultural period I may have never heard of before.
It's great that you're promoting learning, because learning causes understanding and there's nothing wrong with understanding more about the world we live in, if anything it would probably do us more favours. In this day and age where ignorance breeds fear, understanding is very useful tool.
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Posted by Charles - Brisbane, Australia on May 3, 2008:
This is true (pun intended).
Posted by Keira, Sydney Australia on May 11, 2008:
Being from Australia I have to agree. There are some references to American culture that despite our large indoctrination of US culture I still don't understand.
But I'm still glad you don't put footnotes, because whenever I read footnotes I always stop there whereas by not putting footnotes what may have started out as a research of a quote will lead me into a search of the author which will have me learn their life and perhaps teach about a cultural period I may have never heard of before.
It's great that you're promoting learning, because learning causes understanding and there's nothing wrong with understanding more about the world we live in, if anything it would probably do us more favours. In this day and age where ignorance breeds fear, understanding is very useful tool.
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