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The Beach location visit: Boat trip to Phi Phi Island, Phuket, Thailand
Wow Thailand is beautiful. You took some great pictures
AbbyFitz, on 02/01/2014
Accessories for Your Kodak Pixpro Digital Camera
Thank you!
AbbyFitz, on 02/01/2014
Accessories for Your Kodak Pixpro Digital Camera
This is so useful, especially with spring coming up and people getting out more. This is pinned to My Wizzley Writing board.
ologsinquito, on 02/01/2014
Why Would Anyone Deny the Holocaust?
I was talking about governments or schoolteachers denying the Holocaust. On the internet, for every voice raised in revision, there is the potential for more shooting down their arguments.
As for those who believe without any further reading, ...
JoHarrington, on 02/01/2014
Why Would Anyone Deny the Holocaust?
"If Holocaust denial was being taught in any kind of official way, I'd be the first to complain." But isn't the internet being seen by many people as something "official/trustworthy"? How many people do you know that believe "if it is on the ...
Sam, on 02/01/2014
Why Would Anyone Deny the Holocaust?
Frank - Your later comment speaks for me too, except that I can add much more personal testimony. I've met several camp survivors, and I've visited Auschwitz, as well as studying a wealth of primary and secondary evidence.
It's just not at ...
JoHarrington, on 02/01/2014
Why Would Anyone Deny the Holocaust?
Sheri - There's an interesting situation going on in Hungary right now. Given the compliancy with which the Hungarian government acted during the Holocaust, it's not made for comfortable learning afterwards. There's also the fact that ...
JoHarrington, on 02/01/2014
Why Would Anyone Deny the Holocaust?
Great, Jo. We have to bring to attention what philosophers call the coherence theory of truth. This is that one way to know the truth is to see how the facts cohere together. Take gravity. You have never seen it, but you have seen its effects, ...
frankbeswick, on 02/01/2014
Why Would Anyone Deny the Holocaust?
Sam - There is a huge difference between opinion and fact. That's what us historians are forever rushing to point out. We demonstrate the facts with evidence, in order to show how the pseudo-histories are opinions masquerading as fact.
If ...
JoHarrington, on 02/01/2014
Why Would Anyone Deny the Holocaust?
Frank - I thought that was brilliantly done in chasing John Thames off Wizzley. But he wasn't a particularly clever Holocaust denier.
I had one on Reddit recently who was clever. He selectively chose bits of history, without any context and ...
JoHarrington, on 02/01/2014
How to Use Twitterfeed to Get More Traffic on Wizzley
VioletteRose - And now you know! Here's your Plants and Gardening RSS feed to start you off: http://wizzley.com/feeds/latest_by_user_category/VioletteRose/23/
JoHarrington, on 02/01/2014
How to Use Twitterfeed to Get More Traffic on Wizzley
April - You're very welcome. <3
JoHarrington, on 02/01/2014
Musings on Some Inspirational Quotes about the Past, Present, and Future (Part I)
Thanks, Jo!:) I love to think about art. Wish I could also make more of it!
Mira, on 02/01/2014
Musings on Some Inspirational Quotes about the Past, Present, and Future (Part I)
I love this one....
Artists Give Shape To Questions So You Can See the Answers
Jo_Murphy, on 02/01/2014
Why Would Anyone Deny the Holocaust?
Between fact and opinion there is a class of beliefs/opinions that might as well be facts, such as that the world is round. I cannot prove mathematically that the world is round, but it is the consensus, squares with all the facts and ...
frankbeswick, on 02/01/2014