In a message dated 1/25/2003 5:53:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, rone at ennui.org (circadian rhyme) writes: > Gaertk at aol.com writes: >> This sort of thing exists? When I read _Science of >> Discworld_ (by Pratchett, Stewart, and Cohen), they >> discussed how school texts are full of "lies-to-students" >> and why, but didn't have many examples or the true >> explanations. > > The classic one is the Columbus discovery of America. Cue Stan Freberg: "What mean you discover us? *We* discover *you*!" "What?" "We discover you on beach just now. It all on how you look at it." --KG