Spielberg's Lincoln

[My Name Is Kate]

(02-12-2013 09:58 AM)Liz Rosenthal Wrote:  I seriously doubt that the people whose freedom was guaranteed by the 13th Amendment ever felt that too much attention had been focused on it, nor would their descendants feel that way.

I suspect that many of those most affected by the 13th Amendment resent the fact that it was ever necessary to pass such legislation, and would like to think that they fought and earned their freedom without the help of Lincoln or anyone else, and though there may be some truth in that, it's just not the way history happened. People do things to each other that may be humanly unforgivable, but if wounds are ever to heal, people are going to have to leave the past in the past and move on. Women didn't have it so good throughout history either. Seems I recall reading somewhere a long time ago, that in ancient times, women were considered too stupid and inferior to have souls. But I doubt that most women know or even care that that is a part of history, and it's probably a good thing that they don't.

And I'm not saying let's forget slavery ever happened, or the Holocaust ever happened. I'm just saying that you can't dwell on things like that, and keep throwing it in people's faces because that won't do anything but cause more resentment.