Well, the aura and evocation of pride in a nation’s past doesn’t not emerge from individuals’ personal involvement in what was done in the past either, but rather from a communal affiliation in the category of actors in the past. When a sense of national identity is associated to the actions of one’s ancestors, and where it is widely known that these ancestors committed injustices, it follows that collective guilt becomes significant constituent of that very national identity. To reframe this as a rhetorical question – if you, a person of the 21st century, are happy to inherit the political, social and moral assets of your forefathers, should you not also accept the political, social and moral debt of your forefathers? If you are calling people to forget the injustice in the past, are you willing to disregard the things you uphold so dearly as being the achievements of the past? Wanting the sun shine on the threshing floor, while it rains on the turnip field? Dave Zel
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:27:52 +0000
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