This is my John Galt speaking cartoon

[kandrathe]

Of course you can't hold the old Romans morally responsible for killing Germanic tribes, but, and this is very important, you can hold people responsible for crimes that even at the day the were committed were already considered wrong by the greater community. And that is where the learning and teaching comes in. You can learn from how groups of people are swept up by some charismatic leader to commit crimes that also in that day and age were considered as horrible and wrong.

I think you can hold individuals responsible for the crimes they commit, and you can expect that groups of people who benefited from those crimes to understand their inherited advantage due to the injustices committed. After generations have passed, I doubt you can ever make the descendants of the victims whole again, unless it's addressing a specific thing such as stolen war booty like items in the museum of London taken from when Britain was an empire. Or, like the gold bars from melted down teeth held in Swiss banks, maybe should be donated to some worthy cause supporting the decedents of those victims.

I know that I live on land once cherished by Native Americans. But, I need to live somewhere, unless Sweden is going to take me and my family back. I think it is a step toward healing to publicly acknowledge the wrongs committed, and to be open to discussing what amends are possible. To that end, I am deeply sorry eppie, for the crimes my Viking ancestors committed across greater Europe, and I hope someday you (and greater Europe) may forgive us northmen. Whew! That's a load off my conscience.