On 1/29/07, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
To be blunt, to me is seems like a "blast from the past" while we need to see into a future and reach out.
couldn't help thinking of the following anecdote:
some years ago the parliament in the netherlands did tests at (dutch) high school graduation level. the results in dutch language were not good if i recall correctly, but especially in the history test they were exceedingly bad. when asked about the importance of awareness and knowledge of history in his profession, one politician stated: "we are here for the future, not for the past"
best ;-) oscar