Something to Ponder

It seems, of late that there  are  people, both here and overseas that want to re-write, whitewash or even obliterate history because it isn't 'correct' in this day and age. BUT WHY?

I acknowledge that there have been things in the collective past of this country, Australia, that if they happened today would have us all demanding justice, and rightly so. We shouldn't 'gloss over them', as if it was insignificant, nor should we forget the past. 

We can't go back and change anything.

In the October edition of the UK magazine Family Tree, www.family-tree.co.uk columnist, Diane Lindsay discusses the television program, Who Do You Think You Are?  She mentions that the people were shocked by their ancestors past. Diane then goes on and makes this statement, that I think is very relevant.

"We might and should individually regret and collectively apologise for the shameful parts of the past, but it wasn't our fault or our shame and we can't mend or, even worse, obliterate it."

Something we need to consider.

(Just my ponderings, nothing political)