Why are bombs OK, but guns bad?

[Philosophy Explorer]

... A quick check with Google has turned up only the American Civil War on the first page so a clarification was in order

Google like Wiki(although useful) is not the font of all wisdom especially given how it ranks 'truth'.

What stops you from contributing to Wiki to straighten it out?

PhilX

[Arising_uk]

What stops you from contributing to Wiki to straighten it out? ...

I prefer history books for my History.

[Philosophy Explorer]

What stops you from contributing to Wiki to straighten it out? ...

I prefer history books for my History.

The problem with them is when history is rewritten (e.g. with the Black Death, it used to be the history books only talked about Europe during the Middle Ages).

I think Wikipedia is better.

PhilX

[Arising_uk]

The problem with them is when history is rewritten (e.g. with the Black Death, it used to be the history books only talked about Europe during the Middle Ages).

I think Wikipedia is better.

I think you should use it a bit more then as there were pretty much no history books for most of the Middles Ages.

[henry quirk]

"350 gun killings last year in Chicago."

Damned straight!

Thin that herd.