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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP-I don't think pp needs to feel bad for something she had no control over. That's ridiculous. [b]She expressed humanity for modern discrimination, but feeling guilty b/c her ancestors owned slaves is ridiculous.[/b]  [/quote]

S/he also said s/he's proud of them.
[/quote][/quote] she did not say she was proud of their slave ownership. She stayed that she was proud of them for "coming over from Eirope and fighting their way to providence". [b]It is possible to be both proud of sone actions and abhor others[/b]. In any didn't, she us not responsible for the actions of those who proceed her. None of us are.[/quote]

I don't think so, at least not in this example.[/quote] if you don't think you can be proud of some actions and abhor others then you lack reasoning ability. Life iis rarely all or nothing and people, even you, are imperfect. There are culturally acceptable acts that are accepted today that will be be abhorred 200 years from now. That doesn't discount good and honorable acts committed at the same time. Look at it this way, if someone is a great scientist and finds a cure for aids or cancer, but has offensive beliefs/actions acceptable at the time but later widely accepted as abhorrent, would his/her contributions not be laudable despite his/her shortcomings?[/quote]

Sort of like the Nazis who did a sorts of experimentation and made medical discoveries?

Not laudable or honorable.  I will give you that without slavery the US could certainly not have become as wealthy and powerful without human ownership and degradation.[/quote] Face it, you have no desire to see things any way but your own...that says a lot about you and none of it is good.  [/quote]

Imagine PP had written this:

My ancestors ran concentration camps and IDGAF. Of course I feel bad for the discrimination faced by Jews.  But there's noway in HELL I'm going to be shamed for what my ancestors did 75 years ago.

In fact, I'm proud of my ancestors for helping to rebuild German after WWI and fighting their way to providence. I'm not going to feel ashamed just because thats in vogue now.[/quote]

No. Nazi actions were rooted in an evil premise. People immigrating to America to try and build a better life is not shameful.[/quote]

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