tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070405632903241688.post3006616148881530233..comments2023-03-29T07:02:29.750-07:00Comments on Europe a Nation: We Need European Reconciliation DayRobert Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00242479962090320151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070405632903241688.post-68574577433426872992010-02-12T01:02:07.468-08:002010-02-12T01:02:07.468-08:00I will quote a letter to EA from Norris England:
&...I will quote a letter to EA from Norris England:<br />"Undoubtedly, the day of European reconciliation suggested in the last edition of European Action has much to recommend it. Certainly it would be a great advance on the current institution of Holocaust Memorial Day, which is effectively an anti-reconciliation day. Certainly the Shoah should be remembered but HMD has the effect of attributing the totality of the guilt for the barbarisms of modernity onto a single nation. This conveniently distracts public attention away from all the liberal genocides and other atrocities entailed in the creation of the Western world and our current way of life. However, I would argue that the best way to further European reconciliation is not through tokens but carrying on and deepening what Europeans are already doing – living and working together. The wisest proponents of European union always realised that unity would not be created by legal or institutional means but would emerge, in the long term, out of a shared life".<br />It is coming! The question is, what will be Europe's future underlying ideological base? We think it should be ours ... for people and culture.<br />We must first become Europeans in a complete sense, rejecting all out-worn ideas of the past.<br />Yes, it is revolutionary.Robert Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242479962090320151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070405632903241688.post-34179311449486260152010-02-11T15:19:01.024-08:002010-02-11T15:19:01.024-08:00A very moving commentary. Alas, the dynamism has s...A very moving commentary. Alas, the dynamism has shifted. It is my view that there are certain forces at work which produce certain outcomes. First, it has to take on a distinctly National character with a European outlook. Then a paradigm shift will occur from the National to the European.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com