[dsc]

"No, it's just that we forget about all the bad things that happened in the past."

That's not true of everyone.

"I can't imagine anything as bad today as the Southern Jim Crow laws that kept blacks at the back of the bus."

Really? You think racial segregation is worse than homicide bombing?

Personally, I think affirmative action in med school admissions is worse than Jim Crow.

But then, I am fairly aware of the exaggerations in the descriptions of Jim Crow.

[21stCenturyFreeThinker]

Really? You think racial segregation is worse than homicide bombing?

okay, okay, I could have used a better example. The Holocaust was a better example. It's really not a contest and I could have used better phrasing than ""I can't imagine anything as bad today as ...".

The point was people have been doing bad stuff to each other since the dawn of time. Every generation thinks now is the worst ever. One of them will be right but I doubt it's this generation.

But then, I am fairly aware of the exaggerations in the descriptions of Jim Crow.

Maybe they will have a conference in Tehran on this.