yeah but maybe just maybe remembering keeps us all from thinking it's ok? I realize this didn't help the Bosnians or the Rwandans much but at least people were able to believe it happened?
Andy Ousterhout writes: > 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
