It depends how you remember. If you remember by passing down stories that create continued hatred/distrust/ etc then you condemn yourself to repeat the past. And remembering the holocaust hasn't prevented it from happening again. Various versions of ethnic cleansing have occurred since with little global actions to stop it.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: Bill Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:15 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Empire-Building By not forgetting the past you can try not to repeat it again. REMEMBERING the past and things like the holocaust help keep it from happening again not PROMOTING it again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Ousterhout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 11:06 AM Subject: RE: Empire-Building This seems to be one of the issues in many countries. This long memory for past atrocities leads to present and future atrocities. At what point in time do you need to just get over it? Move on. You can not change the past, only use it to prevent repeating it. Andy -----Original Message----- From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 9:54 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Empire-Building Some things are harder to forget than others. It took over 400 years to undo some of the things he did. The stories passed down in County Cork are quite vivid, I assure you. M -----Original Message----- From: Mark Smyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 10:37 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Empire-Building you talking about oliver cromwell? If so surely the memories can't be that vivid? Cromwell was around in the 1500's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
