Replying to LO30511 --
Dear Organlearners,
Philip Keogh <Philip.Keogh@leedsth.nhs.uk> wrote:
>A question or two...
>
>If one looks for Reconciliation and Forgiveness are you
>strengthening the culture of Blame?
Greetings dear Philip,
The lesson which many South Africans learned is that one cannot avoid
blame in the initial stages. Both parties have reason to blame. However,
both parties should also have the commitment to go beyond their blame
and cooperate in creating a common future.
>If however one looks to another route (...and I don't know
>which one), can we take the process beyond Blame and
>begin to look at it "systematically"?
I followed the hearings of the TRC (Truth and Reconcilliation Commission)
closely. Very little of the Reconcilliation and Forgiveness happened
systematically. However, i must say this. Were it nor for the example which
the former president Nelson Mandela set in all his public appearances and
private meetings, the TRC would have been a complete flop. Mandela's
example broke the wall of the dam, letting all the water of kept-up
emotions lose. So, if you intend a similar thing, first get the right president
or prime minister for this endeavour.
With care and best wishes
--At de Lange <amdelange@postino.up.ac.za> Snailmail: A M de Lange Gold Fields Computer Centre Faculty of Science - University of Pretoria Pretoria 0001 - Rep of South Africa
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