The Daily Telegraph argues that we learn lessons from our past, therefore it would be better to acknowledge our historys complexity rather than wipe it out
The Daily Telegraph expresses concern that in the rush to sanitise our history we risk losing the good parts of our past, as well as the bad.
It explains that history should be embarrassing, cringe-worthy, horrifying, wrong and if it isnt, theres something wrong with us; theres something fake about our self-awareness.
The paper pointedly says that if we want live in a present moment, totally undisturbed by the memory of the past, were committing the greatest sin against the victims of injustice. Were forgetting them; erasing them in our attempt to wipe out the perpetrators of wrongs.
Although, the paper says, we rip down statues of historical figures of wrongs, nothing will be fixed. Rather, it will ensure there is absolutely no conversation in the future about the wrongs. And it suggests erecting a sculpture depicting the victims of injustice.
