Quote Originally Posted by psychocat
Since history IS invariably written by interested parties and is infinately biased in favour of the victor I would say there is no such thing as historic fact.
In modern day we have become more informed as a populace however I still believe my (and your) goverment lie and cover up their mistakes as best they can. Corruption of the truth is almost mandatory for politicians.
History is also objective and written from the perspective of a few and we all know it's difficult for people to agree, anyone who has collected eye witness statements from a traffic accident will soon discover the disparities between different peoples versions of events.

History class is a joke .

PS I passed all my exams and have the diplomas to prove it and I still know that History is part HEARSAY part BULLSHIT and a lot of POETIC LICENCE.
I disagree with "written from the perspective of a few". I agree with what you have said however we are at opposite ends of the spectrum on this. I believe very little is BS.