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March 5th, 2008 by samkon5
On the topic of the Holocaust during WWII.
“Forget about it. It happened once and the world learned its lesson. It’ll never happen again.”
Do you agree?
No, I don’t agree with him at all. One of the main reasons history is taught in school, is to teach to learn from our mistakes. History is important in teaching us how and when we should solve our issues. If we did not learn from the mistakes of our history, many of the same problems would arise and the world would be at war more often.We have to be able to take what we learn from history and apply it to here and now for our sake and our posterity.
Should we try to forget evil events, and trust the goodness of human nature?
Is evil an outside force, or are we all capable of evil acts?
The first point goes along with my first paragraph. We, most defiantly, need to learn from predecessors and their right and wrong decisions. The second question brings up a very good point. I do belive that we all are capable of evil acts and of gracious acts. Some people may be more suited for one or the other, based on where they grew up and who their family was and other things,but truly, I think it comes down to personal decisions and who you are as a person and if you are capable of controlling your thought and feelings. Many of the evil doers have probably had wrongs done to them and they feel as they should avenge wrongs done against them. The same goes for the people famous for their good deeds. They had a troubling past, but they choose to handle their problems differently and do good instead of lashing out on the world.
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on March 5th, 2008 at 9:05 am
I agree with you completely on the first question.