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Well, get the pitchforks then! What are you waiting for?

Seriously, I'd rather be upset about the british government that does inacceptable things right now than an overpaid old lady who is only there for show. Unnecessary? Sure. Profiting from some very horrible history? Certainly. But which country is without skeletons in their closet? They all have bloodstains on their oh-so-white wests.
The only thing one should be mad about is the denial of those past crimes.

Charles Darwin - Evolution Song (Horrible Histories) has been added as a related post - related requested by Fantomas on that post.

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Here's a nice ditty to learn the Kings & Queens of England....

http://videosift.com/video/Horrible-Histories-Kings-Queens-of-England

>> ^Skeeve:

Nice of them to make it simple for kids... but we did not evolve from Chimpanzees. We share a common ancestor to Chimpanzees. Sloppy simplification can be worse than no simplification at all - especially when the "my grandma wasn't a monkey!" people get involved.


Yeah but stupid people will always be stupid. At least this way the kids who this does spark an interest with will go on to learn the facts eventually themselves, even if it is in the way of going one day to their mate, or a teacher in class "oh, we descended from apes didn't we?" and then they are in a prime position to learn the complex truth of the matter, because they give a shit and it was already somewhat in their head.

I just like things that are entertaining and educational, I can see the use of it even if it isn't bang on scientifically correct. I can see your aggravation too, if Bob Hale oversimplified parenting or grammar (even though I'm not great grammatically I'm not a rapist and it fucks me off when I see it) I'd be straight up on my soapbox

>> ^Trancecoach:

Have heard this before.. but don't remember where.


Videosift, surely. I too have seen this vid on videosift before.

>> ^DerHasisttot:

Europe: The Saudi Arabia of genocidal Empires.


Well, pretty much every Empire was built on pain and sacrifice of minorities, no?

>> ^robbersdog49:

Why? Why are farts so funny?


As Louis CK once said to Jon Stewart (and I paraphrase), "Farts are funny because it's like a trumpet sound your body makes...out of your ass."

>> ^robbersdog49:

Why? Why are farts so funny?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDTSJo5bYU

I usually really like Horrible Histories, but I am not impressed with this one...

I think I might have ant's random downvotes cornered. My theory is that he votes on a video he watches no matter what. So if he enjoys it, upvoted, if he doesn't for whatever reason, being offended, boring, stupid etc it gets a downvote. There's no indifference with him it seems

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Thanks a bunch lovely!

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*promote

anytime doll.
i have to say that the downvote by ant is perplexing.
glad it still got sifted in spite of that.
love your vids..as always.

In reply to this comment by alien_concept:
Thanks a bunch lovely!

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*promote

anytime doll.
i have to say that the downvote by ant is perplexing.
glad it still got sifted in spite of that.
love your vids..as always.

Thanks a bunch lovely!

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I can agree with the rep/oligarchy one. The United States is a Democratic Republic. We vote directly on our constitutions, however, we elect reps to make laws. A fairly better division of power than Rome, and so your answer stands as good or better than my own.

>> ^MilkmanDan:
But then again, by that standard has there ever been a nation that was a democracy? The US follows a fairly similar system (democratically elected Senate / Legislature, electoral college for Executives) but certainly isn't 100% entirely governed by popular vote. So one claiming that the USA is a democracy should technically phrase it as either a "representative democracy" or "democratic republic".
I figure Rome (ruled by Senate) was pretty close to being a "democracy", comparable to any modern country that we label as such. Which makes one think that it isn't a half bad idea for all of us to keep a watchful eye out for the next person who would aspire to be Caesar...
edit: Very notable that a much smaller percentage of the total population of Rome actually got to vote for their Senators as compared to an average modern "democracy". So the argument could be made that if the USA is a "representative democracy", Rome (while the Senate ruled) was a "representative oligarchy".>> ^Lawdeedaw:
Wait, an elected body ruled over Rome... but, this guy says later, since it had 300 that ruled it became a democracy? Um, wasn't it still a republic? I mean, democracy would be if everyone voted and I don't recall Rome being a nation of 300...