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i.e. rewriting history.
by eznzt 6y ago
i.e. rewriting history.
- zabzonk 6y agohistory is the multiple re-writings of our understanding actual events, in as much as we can understand them
- ChrisClark 6y agoNope. It's just a symbol of hope, that humanity can improve.
- eznzt 6y agoHumanity improves by improving forward, not by changing the meaning of historical events.
- Apocryphon 6y agoThese are amending past wrongs, not censoring them.
- tzs 6y agoHow is saying that some past act was wrong "rewriting history"? Rewriting history would be saying that the past act never happened.
- vinay427 6y agoTo use a more modern example, this seems akin to saying that, when someone is falsely convicted of a crime and is imprisoned as a result, appealing their judgment with fresh eyes and consequently acquitting them is "rewriting history." Yes, this example involves a living person, but that doesn't seem specifically relevant to your concern of "rewriting history." The entire act of pardoning someone is reversing a small fraction of the results of a prior action, not pretending that the prior action never happened.