As far as the situation you mentioned goes, I'm not going there. But you know, where I sit, this idea of a people (not particular people) 'getting over it' sounds overly idealistic.
When your family suffers, you remember and pass it on. That's the way things work. When you hear a loved one talk about how other people made you suffer, you do not feel the bonds of trust towards them. When everyone in a particular community has a story to share about 'what those people did' to them based on who they are... the situation gets worse. Again, that's the way the world works. Period. And unless you forgive everyone who's ever done anything you felt was unfair, never talk about what happened with anyone else, and act in the future without regard to the incident, you participate in the same process, and it is anything but hatred. Hatred is when it gets out of hand and you stop being rational about the whole situation. And it happens everyday to ordinary people who otherwise are good folks. I wish I could get over everything that's ever happened to me. I work on it, pray for it, think about it all the time. I have a lot to get over, some things I am better with than others. It's the same with just about everyone I know. If anything, living with one's history is part of being a person, and some people deal with it better than others. It takes work to deal with the past, and not everyone is in a position to do so constructively. The fact that so many bad things happen in the world is testament to how hard the past can be. M -----Original Message----- From: Andy Ousterhout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 11:40 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Empire-Building Do Jews still distrust/hate Egyptians because of the need for the Exodus? That is the context for my comment. If so, then yes, I'd so move on, get over with it. How does continuing the hatred through repetition of the event help? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
