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Digging up the past
by Julius Augustine on Oct 26, 2007 08:51 AM

Why do we always dig up the past? We learn from history that we NEVER learn from History. It is disturbing to see that most people think that violence is the only way to resolve conflict. It is alarming to see the kind of hate mails on this forums Hindus against Muslims and on others hate mails of Muslims against Hindus. We talk about history of 2000 years Muslims killing Hindus, then we can go back 5000 years back when Aryans came and drove all Dravidians to the south of India. Is there an end to this maddness? The lessons from History should be read to improve the future and not continue with the same thing again and again. An eye for an eye only leaves the whole world blind. Ironically, every religion teaches peace and co-existence and yet their followers think that violence is the only way to save their religion. I believe there is huge need to change our mindset from mutual distrust to mutual understanding and respect. It easy to condemn others, but it needs guts to understand the views of others standing in their shoes. If this is what we are going to pass on to the next generation, shame on us!!

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