''Would you forgive them and forget
Or would you only forgive or
Would you only forget or just get
Over your eternal sore? ''
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forgiving and forgetting is a good way to live. I like it, thanks. please read my poems..
Yes, a terrible burden is placed on victims of systematic violence (and their descendants) when they are expected to forgive and forget, without restitution. Supposedly they should forgive first, so we all will not have to keep living in the past. Really this burden should be shouldered by descendants of the oppressors, but I rarely see them acting for the cause of reconciliation.