tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029501467787683847.post646420905631749029..comments2024-03-18T08:41:12.468-04:00Comments on Thoughts on Public & Digital History by Adam Crymble: Canadian History for Sale!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7029501467787683847.post-82814697346007222812008-05-01T02:17:00.000-04:002008-05-01T02:17:00.000-04:00They’re taught to write clearly, not passionately....<I>They’re taught to write clearly, not passionately.</I><BR/><BR/>I've never really been one to accept the idea that there's a zero-sum choice between those. Writing clearly <I>and</I> passionately is, of course, considerably harder than writing clearly <I>or</I> passionately, but that just makes pursuing it more appealing to me.<BR/><BR/>I also read "Disneyfied" as "dignified" when reading this, which is probably a sign that I should have gone to bed some hours ago since good chunks of what you're describing would be anything but dignified. Though that would be a good thing in and of itself - as historians we're also somewhat afflicted by a tendency to take ourselves too seriously, which probably places some sillier, more effective options for selling history to the public out of reach.pstewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634698609139164994noreply@blogger.com