Please..... Life Is Not A Balance Sheet

[potiche]

People can change for the better but their deeds remain as their history for others to learn from. Imagine teaching a generation that they can be as bad as they want then change & it's all forgotten.

[murraymints]

presume you refer to Martin McGuiness...no his past crimes will never be forgotten or forgiven ! no turning back of clock what's done is done !

[andy-hughes]

Assuming that you refer to the late Martin McGuiness - I don't think anyone will teach history that sees him exonerated from his actions because he renounced violence and was a major instrument in bringing peace to Northern Ireland.

As murraymints has said, his legacy must be seen completely, not cherry-picked or sanitised.

The message that people can change is a very valuable one, but it does not come with the caveat that all previous actions are expunged and forgiven - clearly they are neither.

[ummmm]

He's not forgiven and it's not forgotten.

But...even the father of the child killed in the Warington bombing praised the effort he made in the Irish peace process.

[hereIam]

I agree potiche.

[andy-hughes]

hereIam - I'm not sure what you are agreeing with here.

potiche asks a question - Imagine teaching a generation that bad deeds do not live on - so are you agreeing that this is a bad thing - as most posters, myself included - have posted?

[Peter Pedant]

I noticed that no one apologised for having killed Joan McConville

it was all "lardy dah - such a pity she had to die but hey there is an upside - I became a very important politician - evry cloud huh ?"

[hereIam]

Like I said, I agree potiche.

[Old_Geezer]

It's not forgotten but one should progress from the situation as it is not as it was.