thoughtful post. My personal opinion is that geting over it is something an individual has to do, not a group of people. Did anyone see that PBS town hall meeting from Jasper TX where a woman got up and said I don't know why you blacks don't just get over it :) This in a town where them high spirited young uns think it's ok to drag a black man behind a pick up. See previous comments about the Texas piney woods.
On that note, I am on a deadline and can't play any more just now :) Dana Haggerty, Mike writes: > 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 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
