Posted by Larry Hoover on April 1, 2007, at 9:16:58
In reply to Is it better to forget or to remember?, posted by Gee on March 30, 2007, at 11:30:12
> Just in general. Is it better to forget or to remember? History wise... better to remember the wars or to forget them? So many people who come back after the wars just want to forget. What about in your personal lives? Are there somethings that are better forgotten or should everything be remembered?
I don't think the question is valid. I don't think it's an either/or situation. Apart from psychogenic amnesia, I don't think you can forget. Even if the remembrance does not readily come to consciousness, its effects most certainly will help shape behaviour and emotional responses. However it is that we have gotten to where we are, we had a path by which we arrived there.
I think the goal is to remember, but with liberty.
Liberty? Yes, liberty from the weight of past emotions, whatever they may be. That's what is meant by acceptance, but some people confuse that with approval. Nothing could be further from the truth. So, I chose to say liberty, instead.
Lar
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