1950lemans
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2013
- Location
- Connecticut
3. Just as we cannot impose 21st century values back into the 19th century, we cannot and should not teleport our ancestors of the 19th century into our own time. Our ancestors certainly passed down cultural baggage to the following generations and thenceforward through the decades on to us. But that does not mean we should be defined today by plucking people out of the past and using them to make us good or bad people today.
Again, aren't we defined by the individuals from our past? Don't they have an effect on who we are today?
Aren't they the reason who and what we are today? Don't they - the "good" and "bad" guys - in some way contribute to our good/bad actions today?
How did they get the "good" and "bad" label? Isn't that through history?
Could that be why we study someone like Lincoln?
Could that be why we're always analyzing CW-era leaders, groups and events and judging them?
Again, aren't we defined by the individuals from our past? Don't they have an effect on who we are today?
Aren't they the reason who and what we are today? Don't they - the "good" and "bad" guys - in some way contribute to our good/bad actions today?
How did they get the "good" and "bad" label? Isn't that through history?
Could that be why we study someone like Lincoln?
Could that be why we're always analyzing CW-era leaders, groups and events and judging them?