Re: History

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On 29 Aug 95 at 10:35, John Mcreery wrote:

> Rick Spears writes,
>
> "Well, I never said that history belonged to anyone ... only that the
> people involved have a right to create it if they wish, and at the
> very least participate in creating it if so desired."
>
> Now, if that's all you said, you're right. We are in basic agreement.
>
> I observe that now you are writing about "people" (lower case). Not
> "People" (upper case). Makes all the difference to me.

John, I'm beginning to wonder wether you *read* my messages ... I
said:

>Anthropologists have no problem differentiating between "people" and
>"People" ... the first refers to individuals and is best understood by
>psychologists while the second refers to *cultures* and is best
>understood by anthropologists.

The meaning is in the usage.

Richard

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