re: Gumps... Why is history decades old more important than history a year old?

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If you want to talk about the past, why not discuss the past that is the most relevant, like a team made up of similar players with the same coaching staff?

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So, you wish to pick and choose the parts of history that favor one single entity, in this case OM. By definition history is "the study of past events, particularly in human affairs; the whole series of past events connected with someone or something."