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| camelot |
Posted - 04/02/2008 : 04:53:03
I realise that time passes and things that were important to one generation are not so much to a later group...but this is right up there with my fellow Americans not being able to find Iraq, Afghanistan, or perhaps Russia on a map. It kind of brings home the message in the remembrance day thread…
LONDON (AFP) - Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.
The survey found that 47 percent thought the 12th century English king Richard the Lionheart was a myth.
The rest if you can take it at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080204/od_afp/britainpeoplehistoryoffbeat
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| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 04/02/2008 : 09:03:04
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see
11 years of New Labour
Education Education Education.
No No No.
Illegal Iraq War funding
Yes.
What utter rot LTNS. This level of ignorance cannot be put down to the past 11 years of state education alone. |
| long time no see |
Posted - 04/02/2008 : 08:09:38
11 years of New Labour
Education Education Education.
No No No.
Illegal Iraq War funding
Yes. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 04/02/2008 : 07:51:29
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see
You can not go by polls.
UKTVGold
having a laugh.
Unless they happen to agree with one's own point of view or general trend of thought eh LTNS?
Actually doesn't surprise me Camelot. The level of general knowledge is appalling. |
| long time no see |
Posted - 04/02/2008 : 06:15:49
You can not go by polls.
UKTVGold
having a laugh. |
