It’s a lot more definitive than you make it out to be. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Ten wrongs don’t make a right. This is why wars continue for generations:

It’s a lot more definitive than you make it out to be. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Ten wrongs don’t make a right. This is why wars continue for generations: peoples hold grudges against each other. In no reality is it morally acceptable to go around setting cars belonging to innocent people ablaze because you’re upset with violence carried out by other people. I am strongly opposed to the concept of inherited grudges and misdeeds. Children are not responsible for the decisions of their parents. If China wants to reclaim the art, they should attempt to do so diplomatically. If they are denied, tough cookies: it’s not worth endangering lives to reclaim historical artifacts. I would sooner see the artifacts destroyed than lives put at risk as countries steal from each other. I would personally burn all of my family heirlooms if it meant protecting people who are alive today. I am honoring my ancestors more by preserving the lives they’ve created than by protecting their former belongings, no matter how sentimental they may be. And I am certain generations of ancestors would agree with me on that. There were people who wronged my ancestors. We’ve all been wronged in one way or another. I forgive them. I don’t forgive their descendants, as their descendants have done nothing wrong, and I can’t forgive if nothing has been done wrong. I hold no grudges for the misdeeds of past generations.