OT: This Forum is a Historical Account

[CNCRaymond]

Think about it, over the Last two years, everything that has happened in the world has been actively discussed here. This forum has become a living breathing historical archive of how people view the events around them as they have occured.

My god what we type here can theoretically be read by historians two hundred years from now if the data on this forum is preserved.

That is something to think about no isn't it? What we say, think, and do now, can be revisited in years to come as a source of "In Current Events of The Time." Wooooooooow!

[Slynky]

Proves that people play games AND find time to keep up with a few things. One of the nice things is you get a world's opinion...not just one sector of the globe. Of course, that only happens when people can speak freely without being "flamed".

[oleg]

Actually it may not be true. What i mean is that we discuss the events presented and popularised by western media. It is entirely possible that there are some interesting developments in China politics that escapes our attentation but that would become the major turning point of humans history. Iraq war may indeed be just a footnote in the future history books. The backup of this forum will only serve as an example of an arrogance and lack of touch of western eggheads with the mighty current of the river of history

[Slynky]

Originally posted by oleg:
Actually it may not be true. What i mean is that we discuss the events presented and popularised by western media. It is entirely possible that there are some interesting developments in China politics that escapes our attentation but that would become the major turning point of humans history. Iraq war may indeed be just a footnote in the future history books. The backup of this forum will only serve as an example of an arrogance and lack of touch of western eggheads with the mighty current of the river of history

Some truth in that. Though, without trying to sound arrogant, the US is the (IMO) one of the most important country in the world if not the most important. That's not to say other countries are not important and will never have an effect on the entire world. Like countries in the middle east, for example.

For the same reason lots of people learn to speak English, a lot of important events surround the US. Just a fact. Not bragging or really even proud of some things.

Therefore, it is natural there is a lot of Western focus.

[Cipher7071]

It probably won't matter to an historian or anthropologist of the future whether our opinions are well formed, egotistical, or otherwise. They will be of interest simply because they exist, much as the decorations on shards of pottery that we dig to this day.

[oleg]

Oh yes, USA is the MOST important country right now. But so was Roman empire and if you go through Roman newspapers circa 300 ad did you read any news about some odd events between Don and Volga rivers ?