by debsmooth on February 4th, 2007

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How long do you imagine it will take for something like the Holocaust or the repression of blacks in the US to die out from collective memory? Until the last person affected by it is dead or longer? The Black History debate got me wondering about this.

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by AntigoneRising on February 11th, 2007
I hope it never dies out of collective memory. Those who forget the past, and fail to learn the lessons of it, are doomed to repeat it. I'd hate to see either atrocity happen again.
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by princeofheaven on February 11th, 2007
It is a matter of history, so it will probably never "die out." I am guessing the actual question you are searching for would be more than likely, When will we stop using our past as a crutch, and stand up and look to changing our future so that we don't repeat the past, learning from what happened back then?
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by Jessicax23 on February 4th, 2007
I don't know... how long did it take the memory of the Crusades to die out? Or any other similar example? It shouldn't, ever, as long as any of our history remains intact. Why would it?
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- I suppose my question is related to the notion of a post-ethnicity human-race. I want to know when if ever all the people living on the planet will cease to concern themselves with the notion of distinct races and when the memory of these tragic events in human history will cease to influence the way humans relate to each other. The two examples provided are extremes. Do you think the Crusades continues to influence the way the Christians and Muslims treat each other and if yes (I think its a yes) how long will it take for the influence of the Crusades to go away as factor in the way these two groups relate to each other?
  
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- I think the effect on relations will remain in place as long as there ARE relations - so, until the division no longer exists between the two groups. But the history will still be there to be studied, and the lessons still be there to be learned [or, more likely, ignored] for as long as our methods of recalling history still exist. Does that answer it better? My point is that the struggles between groups who no longer exist are still studied; the history remains intact, and still matters to those who choose to learn from it.
  
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by tripwire on February 4th, 2007
Well, if we use the "ripple on the pond" analogy, it will never disappear. Its repercussions will go on for ever.
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by Valparaiso on February 4th, 2007
It should never leave our memory but we shouldn't use it as an excuse to affect our actions today.
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