There was a very interesting theory that was in vogue a few years ago. It was a theory that sometimes collective memory is based on false memories – or implanted memories. Examples given were
\n1) a whole spate of children who wrongly accused their parents of abuse – based on what they had see of real victims of abuse.
\n2) The Magreb (Arab) Jewish community in Israel (by far the largest ethnic group within Israel – who were free to practise their religion in Arabia – including Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria) – without fear of proesection or persecution – held memories of being persecuted through out their history. They had imbibed these memories from the European Jews who arrived in Israel after the birth of Israel – and who had suffered tremendouly across Europe through out their history and never more so than in the preceeding 15 years.<\/p>\n
This theory can be easily attached to a number of events in the modern wold:
\na) People in the US who think that Iraq was attacked as they were responsible for 9-11
\nb) the media projecting a world wide “sense of loss” – it isn’t. It is an American Tragedy – where seeds sown by successive US governments – that took the lives of millions of ordinary civillians across the world and spread terror in the lives – came home to attack ordinary, innocent civillians in the USA.
\nc) A collective memory … that is even more scary —-
\n– a collective memory of humiliation for all Muslims – for what was essentially an attack on sovereignity (Afghan and Iraq)
\n– a collective memory of humiliation that is slowly surfacing in the Third Word – just when they think that they have mastered the games, the rules have changed (look at the UK embargo on Indian services or US proposed legislation on outsourcing – both go against the GATT Uruguay round agreements on free trade in services)<\/p>\n
I fear that 9\/11 is worse than the 4000 who died that day. It has begun the unleashing of the forces of conflict. Christian v\/s Muslim. Western v\/s Eastern. Rich v\/Poor. Tribe\/Tribe. All is cool.<\/p>\n
5000 years of civilization is slowly disintegrating – and we slowly getting back to might is right. Today the mantra is be intolerant, who ever you are. Just make sure that you have better ammunition.<\/p>\n
My heart goes out to the families of those who died at world trade centre 2 years ago. But my heart also goes out tothe families of those who died in the rest of the world as a direct US response to that action<\/p>\n
Awaiting retaliation for that.<\/p>\n
End of the day Gandhi was right “an eye for an eye will leave the whole world blind”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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