John D. Giorgis wrote: > Most reasonable people, however, generally choose option #1 - the righting > a past wrong does not justify making a new wrong today. There are a > *lot* of unfortunate acts of history, even in our own country's past. We > simply cannot, however, go around making the United States worse off today > by trying to right all of the wrongs we made in the past, whether they were > wrongs against Native Americans, slaves, or Panamanians.
Interesting conundrum, John. But where does one draw the line? At what time limit should this acceptance of the status quo kick in? Is this not partly what Carter proposed re Cuba? Would you agree with accepting the confiscation of US assets as being past history now? Regards, Ray.
