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The funniest part is that I remember reading an article when it was announced that Speedy Gonzales was going the way of the dodo and a bunch of hispanics were pissed because they love Speedy.
"Speedy knows everybody's seester!"
It's the same as how they redid ET and replaced all the guns with walkie talkies. C'mon now, that's an American classic.
I agree with V8killimports....never forget. History does have a tendency to repeat itself, especially when people forget. You cannot change the past. You may not need to be proud of it, but you must remember it for what it was and learn from it. Trying to cover up the past is no better than lying about it.
Just as you may erect a statue to remind you of the heroism of an individual, you must keep reminders of the dark hours of history just the same. One statue may remind you to help others, while the other may remind you not to go gassing people. Each serves a purpose for the greater good.
However people are generally stupid and easily offended by things. People think that by forgetting the past they will brighten the future somehow, or at least clear their conscience. Not to mention people only remember the parts of history they want to remember. How many blacks in America remember their African "brothers" selling them to the Europeans? How many of them remember that slavery is still in effect in parts of Africa, blacks enslaving blacks? How many anti-immigrationists remember that all Europeans are immigrants to America? It sure seams like not many do....people like to remember the good things, or the things that work to their favor. Double standards are pretty common practice, everybody likes to view themselves in the brightest light and take advantage of things to benefit themselves first and foremost.
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