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Re: Conflict in the Middle East
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 3 Apr 2002 21:19:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> there has to come a time when we, as a collective people, just say, 'yes
> that was wrong, and we don't want it to happen again, but we, *today*, are
> not responsible for these past atrocities--our forefathers were.'
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> i'm sick of being made to feel guilty for something i wasn't part of, since
> it occured well before i was even born.
Yes indeed, but let's be realistic about it. There are people ALIVE TODAY
who participated in atrocities during WWII against people who are ALIVE
TODAY, so it's not like this is something we're inferring from the fossil
record. For many people, these are first-hand events.
And if there is an ongoing cycle of mistreatment, watered-down or
otherwise, that results/resulted from atrocities long-since-past, then it's
not unreasonable to assert that the wounds are still fresh and can bear
fresh examination.
Dave!
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| (...) yeah, it's not a situation that can be remedied by sound bites and bandaids.. To add a separate thread of debate -- one thing that has been bothering me as of late is the 'restitution for atrocities that happened in the past' It was wrong for (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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