All of History is Written Years After the Fact

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There are only nine or 10 manuscripts of Caesar's Gallic War, which he waged from from 58 B.C. to 50 B.C. The oldest dates from 900 years later. Likewise, the history of Thucydides (460 B.C. to 400 B.C.) comes down to us from eight extant manuscripts, none older than 900 A.D. Same goes for the History of Herodotus (c. 488-428 B.C.). That's a 1,300-year gap.

Meanwhile, the oldest reports of the JFK assassination and 9/11 attacks were written in the immediate aftermath of the events. Does anyone put more stock in those accounts than those of Caesar, Thucydides, or Herodotus? 

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Imagine the shock. Thousands vaporized in the twinkling of an eye! A mere 160 miles from the Empire's capital! It was more startling than Hiroshima, 9/11, and "Whoa! He has trouble with the snap!" combined. Yet only one contemporary mentions it.

The destruction of Pompeii in 79 A.D. is a fairy tale. You'd have to be religious to believe it. You want truth? Stick with events generating multitudinous real-time accounts: e.g., the JFK assassination, Saddam Hussein's WMDs, and Global Warming. Let reason be your guide.

Moral Relativism Equals Moral Complexity?

In its original literal sense, "moral relativism" is simply moral complexity. That is, anyone who agrees that stealing a loaf of bread to feed one's children is not the moral equivalent of, say, shoplifting a dress for the fun of it, is a relativist of sorts. But in recent years, conservatives bent on reinstating an essentially religious vocabulary of absolute good and evil as the only legitimate framework for discussing social values have redefined "relative" as "arbitrary". 

~Ellen Jane Willis, writer (14 Dec 1941-2006)