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aklim · #9 04-29-2014, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by cmac2012

Could be the only atonement possible is the one that has gone on up til this moment: an often awkward and painful process of learning something that has arguably not been successfully done before, which is of course, a working multi racial society with something approximating equality for the various players.

There are ongoing problems of course but there are also many area of enrichment, cultural growth etc.

How do you atone for something you didn't do? But lets say you could. I'm Chinese and if I looked hard enough, I could find some relation that was in the railroad crew that was mistreated. So what now? At the rate you go, you will be paying for the sins of everyone since time. Your debt will never end. You can spend your life atoning for "sins of the father" and it will never be enough. Besides, only the sinner can atone for his/her sins. What good is my apology for my father ripping off your father? Only my father can apologize to your father for his crimes.