It can brother, the thing is that we are all human. We are both capable of great and beautiful things and we are also capable of absolutely horrible things that make anyone recoil. The key is to remember that anyone of us can be either one of the two above in the right circumstances. I reject the notion that anyone is permanently bad jus…
It can brother, the thing is that we are all human. We are both capable of great and beautiful things and we are also capable of absolutely horrible things that make anyone recoil. The key is to remember that anyone of us can be either one of the two above in the right circumstances. I reject the notion that anyone is permanently bad just like I reject the notion that anyone is permanently good. As an infantry officer in Iraq, I quickly realized that I could do a lot of good, but I could also do a lot of bad.
And I am going to first apologize with how I started this conversation. I misjudged you and for that I am very very sorry.
I will admit to you just like I have admitted to my friends that I am not very rational when it comes to genocide, my father is Hutu, my mother is Tutsi (hence the maternal family being massacred to just one or two cousins left) and my mom, dad and us 5 little children then spent 3 months in deep hiding as they killed everyone around us. I watched my mother get up every day getting ready to be killed. At the same time, the man who ultimately saved my family from the genocide is a man who was responsible for massacres in our area. Like how the f**k do you explain THAT??? So in these conversations I can come in hot and so apologize for that.
The scale matters but for individuals, that lasts generations. Its also important that the trauma doesn't lead to new trauma. Those suffering from trauma can exact trauma on others as a reaction to their own. Got to watch out for that. No one is justified regardless of their own history.
It can brother, the thing is that we are all human. We are both capable of great and beautiful things and we are also capable of absolutely horrible things that make anyone recoil. The key is to remember that anyone of us can be either one of the two above in the right circumstances. I reject the notion that anyone is permanently bad just like I reject the notion that anyone is permanently good. As an infantry officer in Iraq, I quickly realized that I could do a lot of good, but I could also do a lot of bad.
And I am going to first apologize with how I started this conversation. I misjudged you and for that I am very very sorry.
I will admit to you just like I have admitted to my friends that I am not very rational when it comes to genocide, my father is Hutu, my mother is Tutsi (hence the maternal family being massacred to just one or two cousins left) and my mom, dad and us 5 little children then spent 3 months in deep hiding as they killed everyone around us. I watched my mother get up every day getting ready to be killed. At the same time, the man who ultimately saved my family from the genocide is a man who was responsible for massacres in our area. Like how the f**k do you explain THAT??? So in these conversations I can come in hot and so apologize for that.
No need, but thank you. I appreciate it. I am so sorry for what you and yours went through.
That sh*t stays with you man. It really does.
With Holocaust survivors it can last for generations.
The scale matters but for individuals, that lasts generations. Its also important that the trauma doesn't lead to new trauma. Those suffering from trauma can exact trauma on others as a reaction to their own. Got to watch out for that. No one is justified regardless of their own history.