I'd like to refer back to a point which was raised earlier, if I may, about history being recorded by the rich, educated and conquerors. I was reading Ninteen Eighty-Four and I found a passage which I think really highlighted the importance of learning history and the dangers posed when the history recorded is a corrupted view. I know this is not directly related to Tolkien, but I think it's an interesting point and should result in a good discussion [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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But where did that knowledge exist? Only in his own consciousness, which in any case must soon be annihilated. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed-if all records told the same tale-then the lie passed into history and became truth. "Who controls the past," ran the Party slogan, "controls the future: whi controls the present controls the past."
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