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Xazy · 08-20-2005, 06:12 PM

Wow a lot to digest, and a lot of thoughts that come to mind. I will do my best not to ramble here. I hate to say that past injustices should affect the present, but a lot of those injustices may in fact be still occurring. Also some injustices do not go away after.

My wife wrote up a dissertation regarding post-traumatic stress disorder multi-generational dealing with genocide survivors. In the past century this can mean anyone from the holocaust to how it will affect Bosnian survivors. I can tell you from a personal note, my family definitely has had some after-effects from the holocaust (not in a positive way, but negative attributes that occurred because of this, this is not the forum to get into specifics). I know it might seem weird to hear that re-brought up but my parents grew up in the ruins after. Do I feel that I deserve or should have or ever bring up the holocaust whenever I want, the answer is no. I will not say that I will never bring it up, but I have yet to wave my arms, (except once a year when we remember what happened) and shout about equality or anything.

But the point I guess I am trying to make is that there are certain injustices that do occur in the world, that cause ripples more then most people realize. And these ripples can cause even more ripples, and continue for a while (including spanning several generations).

So when someone cries about an injustice that occurred in the past, I do not just roll my eyes (well mentally sometimes to be honest), but I try to listen. I do feel at times we need to do our best to put the past behind us, and use it as a tool to learn. But the truth is a lot of these injustices still exist, while highly condemned they still happen.

I am not trying to justify or rationalize people who stand up and say, such and such happened half a century ago, we deserve more. But it should give us pause to consider their view point.

08-20-2005, 06:12 PM	#29 (permalink)
Xazy People in masks cannot be trusted Location: NYC	Wow a lot to digest, and a lot of thoughts that come to mind. I will do my best not to ramble here. I hate to say that past injustices should affect the present, but a lot of those injustices may in fact be still occurring. Also some injustices do not go away after. My wife wrote up a dissertation regarding post-traumatic stress disorder multi-generational dealing with genocide survivors. In the past century this can mean anyone from the holocaust to how it will affect Bosnian survivors. I can tell you from a personal note, my family definitely has had some after-effects from the holocaust (not in a positive way, but negative attributes that occurred because of this, this is not the forum to get into specifics). I know it might seem weird to hear that re-brought up but my parents grew up in the ruins after. Do I feel that I deserve or should have or ever bring up the holocaust whenever I want, the answer is no. I will not say that I will never bring it up, but I have yet to wave my arms, (except once a year when we remember what happened) and shout about equality or anything. But the point I guess I am trying to make is that there are certain injustices that do occur in the world, that cause ripples more then most people realize. And these ripples can cause even more ripples, and continue for a while (including spanning several generations). So when someone cries about an injustice that occurred in the past, I do not just roll my eyes (well mentally sometimes to be honest), but I try to listen. I do feel at times we need to do our best to put the past behind us, and use it as a tool to learn. But the truth is a lot of these injustices still exist, while highly condemned they still happen. I am not trying to justify or rationalize people who stand up and say, such and such happened half a century ago, we deserve more. But it should give us pause to consider their view point.