Why do people like to sugarcoat ANY history to make it seem good? Like the Japanese did that to the chinese. They made the Rape of Nanking seem like candyland. and the germans try to make the Holocaust seem like nothing. Why do people do this?
2007-01-21 08:10:32 · 12 answers · asked by ¡El lobo del norte del fuego! 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
have you heard the saying history is writen by the victors?
well the first thing they are going to do is try and make themselves look good. Because people don't like to talk about all the dirty things they did to get to the top.
2007-01-21 08:26:23 · answer #1 · answered by goldenbrowngod 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-07 12:29:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
..."whitewash history"....<<<.....please explain this term.
but i would like to say that historians are not all willing to share if they know what human differences have accomplished by destruction or construction within any given period of recorded history.
sometimes historians are biased. perhaps all of them. certainly some of them.
for some historians have had the burden thrust upon them by reigning powers to "omit" this or "commit" that.
but very few historians have been fully knowledgeable of human relationship by concentrating on cultural and ethnic diversity.
and it is not really the historian which is obligated to concern their self with matters of a single culture but rather to include human culture in its' diversity for the records.
just like any person a historian has their own special set of values and interests and "sugar-coating" happens to preserve their values and interests so to remain not responsible for events and incidences which were seemingly beyond their control.
the same problem exists in all major sciences and fields of study.
and it is due to incomplete awareness of human relationship as self and human relationship as society.
by the way....mr.toynbee had an enlarged capacity for seeing human movement and from what i have read of him (and it is quite extensive thanks to the british) he was able to be more impartial than some others.
but the field of history has its' own other adjunct fields so ... if you are seeking the more complete history...keep reading.
good question
be well
2007-01-21 09:15:45 · answer #3 · answered by noninvultuous 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
My history teacher didn't sugar coat the Holocaust. We sat through hours of graphic films about concentration camps and Hitler, etc.
2007-01-21 08:18:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, people don't like to say their ancestors were scum.
Also history is sometimes in eye of beholder.
2007-01-21 09:16:52 · answer #5 · answered by rostov 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
for the same reason that the hispanics pretend that their insidious back door bloodless invasion of the usa is some kind of humanitarian issue.nobody wants to be the bad guy.
2007-01-21 08:19:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
To hide their own faults and embarrassments to make themselves feel better about the atrocities that they've committed.
2007-01-21 08:57:10 · answer #7 · answered by abstinence 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because the winners write histpry. who wouldn't try and make themsleves look better?
and some people honestly don't feel their actions were that bad or they were justified
2007-01-21 10:12:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
people dont like to admit they made a mistake and they dont like to think about all the people who died....also most people dont like reading and learning in history class about murder and cruelty
2007-01-21 08:48:26 · answer #9 · answered by uber_kiwi95 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The truth hurts so we have to make sure no ones (read "MATURE" ADULTS) feelings get hurt
2007-01-21 08:18:11 · answer #10 · answered by Wire Tapped 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋