Thinking Outside The Agora
be there or be in the square
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The Gallipoli Myth And Australian Nationalism
In portraying the invasion of another country as an heroic act, the Gallipoli Myth invites the interpretation of the European invasion of the Australian continent as being not only legitimate, but noble.
The chief business of a nation, as a nation, is the creation of heroes, mainly bogus.
— H.L. Mencken
Labels:
H. L. Mencken,
Mythology
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