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Originally Posted by SeijiSensei
Remembering is one thing. Making them the rationale for contemporary political movements or international diplomatic negotiations is another thing entirely. A lot of bad things have happened in human history. Should we continue to remain mired in those events when trying to move forward today?
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I don't know. Sins of the fathers should not pass on to the children so to speak. Still, if a country, or part of a population, has massively gained from crimes committed by their ancestors at the expense of others, there should be some moral imperative to at least do something in return to address the imbalance.
In practice it's often more a matter of realpolitik in international affairs. Past events can be exploited to justify power-plays.