The Human Mind's Need for Simplicity Distorts Some of the Facts

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Snopes's clarification--distinguishing the facts of the American Revolution from the 'natural assumptions' one would make from them (e.g. you would think "5 Founding Fathers who were captured & tortured" also 'died in captivity,' though most of them weren't captives when they died)--reminds me 'how our memory & -our history-by-tradition works ... http://www.snopes.com/history/american/pricepaid.asp I think of The Old Testament's record of 'the kings of ancient Israel'---I'm sure none of them were "all-bad" or "all-good" (for example, the two greatest kings of Israel were most-remembered for their failings!), but the lesser-known kings' 'lines in the Bible' only tell you "they followed-after their father" or "they did not follow after their father." Or think of America's Presidents: though they were all mostly-bad, we only remember them for their 'crowning acheivements' (whether good--like 'helping to found the country'--or bad--like 'leaving office in disgrace'). How will we teach our children that no one (not even Lord Jesus Christ) was all-good or all-bad?