tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post1563745347058060628..comments2024-03-26T19:47:09.310+08:00Comments on Lao Ren Cha - 老人茶: Cognitive DissonanceJenna Lynn Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-38366082799234325182011-08-17T15:03:49.263+08:002011-08-17T15:03:49.263+08:00While I'd agree that its good to not live in b...While I'd agree that its good to not live in bitterness over the past, it does matter if nations or governments don't admit to past crimes. Not admitting or apologizing, or making excuses, allows countries to paint themselves as historic innocents, and emphasize their own victimization- this is pretty clear in the case of Japan and China. This in turn can bolster nationalism and all theJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08654770225487196179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-11733394969422555052011-08-17T13:30:12.674+08:002011-08-17T13:30:12.674+08:00I also experienced the continued cognitive dissona...I also experienced the continued cognitive dissonance of being reassured by everyone I knew in China, when I lived there, that Mao was mostly good (despite being accountable for a few tens of millions of deaths).<br />Try that one on for size!<br /><br />Eventually, everything is forgotten, for better worse..all that we take away is how we live our lives, and the shadows of those effects on Nick Hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543497413262895759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-90539899316396469232011-08-17T10:37:41.316+08:002011-08-17T10:37:41.316+08:00The issue there is that if that happened, all thos...The issue there is that if that happened, all those eho have committed heinous crimes would only have to wait a few decades before getting off scot-free. No need to apologize when people will forget. It also encourages history to repeat itself: Hitler famously said as he plotted the Holocaust, "nobody remembers the Armenians". I do blame the government and those alive then for what Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-23385263323044919772011-08-17T08:32:15.384+08:002011-08-17T08:32:15.384+08:00I typed a really good comment here about not beari...I typed a really good comment here about not bearing grudges and moving on but i lost it when i had to log in.<br /><br />the mists of time cover up the heinous actions of the past. perhaps the deliberate ignorance is attempting to push past the remembering forever and never being able to make up for the actions of your ancestors so we conciously decide to forget and move on. we're friends Drew Triebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811532259868592246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-10194670340929023462011-08-17T08:28:55.674+08:002011-08-17T08:28:55.674+08:00maybe after a while, generations perhaps, we can f...maybe after a while, generations perhaps, we can forget and move on. start anew instead of bearing grudges or remembering forever.<br /><br />the mists of time obscure the heinous deeds of the past.<br /><br />maybe its for the best.Drew Triebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811532259868592246noreply@blogger.com