Sins of the Father

[Geisha]

Are too many people, blaming other people and countries, for the "sins of the father, nation"?

What had happened in the past, that was done by fore fathers to others, should not be relevant in today should it?

What good does it do blaming a child for the sins of it's father? That child/new nation did not commit the event against another person/nation, but both older and younger generations still blame that child/nation and subsequent children/nation for it.

Is it not sad that this happens still?

Or a new nation for a past event?

Is it forgiveness is not relevant and what has occurred previously each generation will suffer the action taken before their time?


I by birth be Japanese, yet I still find I am blamed for, Pearl harbor, Vietnam and being a communist, etc but I wasn't there.

Why?

Will Jews still or always will blame Germans for actions taken by a tyrant many years ago on the now generation?

Will India's new generation's continue to blame England for there invasion of their country?

Will or do Americans always blame Koreans, Japanese,Chinese, Vietnamese, Siamese, Filipino's, new gestation for what happened many years ago?

Will theEnglish blame Danish, Swedes, Swiss, Scandinavians , Italians for their invasions of their land?

Will the Scottish, Welsh, and Irish always blame the English for there dominance of their country.

Will the Native americans always blame the americans for their invasions?

Will the confedates blame the yankies for there invasions?

Will the Africans blame the Americans for slavery

Is it just easier to continue to blame all generations, and live in the past, than move on and forget or forgive?



Thanks to Advocate for giving me idea on this.:D

[Douglas]

"Will Jews still or always will blame Germans for actions taken by a tyrant many years ago on the now generation?"

Well, I've alway been curious why the Jewish people are still angry and suspicious with the Germans. The attempted genocide was thwarted over 50 years ago, just because the Germans attempted to wipe the Jews off the face of the Earth is no excuse to hold a grudge, is it? Remember, a grudge is heavy and has no handle. Let's all hug, the world would be a better place.

[Advocate]

You're welcome. :D I think that far too many people are being blamed for the actions of their ancestors, or even people that LOOKED like their ancestors. By the very act of blaming the blamers are making it more likely that the others will repeat the sins of their ancestors. I mean after all, they're going to get blamed for it anyway, right? And that is something best avoided.

Nice icon by the way.

[gnome]

The question is a little confusing, are you asking if it should be this way, or if it happens to be this way?

[Tmy]

Maybe the resentment is towards the child benefiting from the fathers sins. Its easy to say "hey, my dad stole your land not me. My hands are clean." Of course this is little comfort to the victim's side when the son is still living on that land.

[Kodiak]

"Slavery Reparations"

[Advocate]

Originally posted by Kodiak
"Slavery Reparations"

That's one of the things I was thinking of when I made the original comment Aswang said inspired this thread.

[arcticpenguin]

Slavery reparations would be about giving compensation to the victim's descendants, not assigning punishment to the perpetrator's descendants.

[Kodiak]

Originally posted by arcticpenguin
Slavery reparations would be about giving compensation to the victim's descendants, not assigning punishment to the perpetrator's descendants.

Semantics, IMO...

The payment of conpensation is punishment.

[Brooklyn Dodger]

I could SWEAR my ancestors were enslaved by Romans or Greeks somewhere along the line. I want reparations from them. What are the odds?

[Skeptical Greg]

Originally posted by arcticpenguin
Slavery reparations would be about giving compensation to the victim's descendants, not assigning punishment to the perpetrator's descendants.



If you don't consider taking money from someone, who did not commit the atrocity, for which the reparation
is being made, punishment... Then Yeah', that'l work..