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Results: The headline said Dana Carvey Apologizes to Sharon Stone for 'Offensive' SNL Sketch. The sketch was in 1992. She didn't find it offensive at the time. Nobody did. Today it would be non PC, not aired, with Carvey labelled a misogynist and SNL cancelled.

Published on 03/25/2024
By: DavKar
2318
Politics
How far back should we go to rewrite or cancel history because of what happened then that would not be acceptable today? How many statues should be torn down, books banned, career achievements nullified, honours cancelled just because certain groups want to erase the past instead of "turning that page" and creating a better future.. Here are some examples other than the SNL sketch (even though it now seems to be national news.)
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1.
The James Webb telescope in space has achieved huge advances in our knowledge of the universe. Yet there is now a petition to remove his name from the telescope because in the 1950s he managed a department for the federal government and part of his job was to dismiss people who today would be members of the LGB community. At that time it was against the law to be homosexual (one reason was cold war paranoia) and, in doing his job just like other department heads would have had to do, he is today labelled by some as homophobic whether or not he actually was and his lifetime of achievements nullified. NASA is saying no and I would too. Do you agree?
The James Webb telescope in space has achieved huge advances in our knowledge of the universe. Yet there is now a petition to remove his name from the telescope because in the 1950s he managed a department for the federal government and part of his job was to dismiss people who today would be members of the LGB community. At that time it was against the law to be homosexual (one reason was cold war paranoia) and, in doing his job just like other department heads would have had to do, he is today labelled by some as homophobic whether or not he actually was and his lifetime of achievements nullified. NASA is saying no and I would too. Do you agree?
Yes
43%
997 votes
No
14%
324 votes
Undecided
21%
488 votes
Not Applicable
21%
491 votes
2.
2.
Justin Trudeau apologized and the speaker resigned for inviting Yaroslav Hunka, aged 98 to be recognized in parliament when Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky was visiting Canada. Yaroslav, who was 16 when WW11 started, had fought with the 14th Waffen-SS, a voluntary unit made up mostly of ethnic Ukrainians under Nazi command. He just as easily could have joined the equivalent Soviet unit. Both groups committed bad acts (as did many others including US and UK troops) and remaining neutral was not an option. Yasoslav came to Canada after the war and was a good citizen. Now at age 98 he was publicly attacked and threatened with deportation - all based on a fateful decision made when he was not even an adult. I think whatever he did in the 1940s should not tarnish his reputation now. Do you agree?
Justin Trudeau apologized and the speaker resigned for inviting Yaroslav Hunka, aged 98 to be recognized in parliament when Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky was visiting Canada. Yaroslav, who was 16 when WW11 started, had fought with the 14th Waffen-SS, a voluntary unit made up mostly of ethnic Ukrainians under Nazi command. He just as easily could have joined the equivalent Soviet unit. Both groups committed bad acts (as did many others including US and UK troops) and remaining neutral was not an option. Yasoslav came to Canada after the war and was a good citizen. Now at age 98 he was publicly attacked and threatened with deportation - all based on a fateful decision made when he was not even an adult. I think whatever he did in the 1940s should not tarnish his reputation now. Do you agree?
Yes
36%
831 votes
No
16%
372 votes
Undecided
26%
609 votes
Not Applicable
21%
488 votes
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3.
Wernher von Braun was a member of the Nazi Party and SS and the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany that was used to kill more than 10,000 people and injure thousands more. As many as 20,000 slave labourers also died making them. Nevertheless that was ignored due to his crowning achievement, the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969. and other space technology. He was welcomed as a US citizen. Werner's past history was forgiven. Should it have been?
Wernher von Braun was a member of the Nazi Party and SS and the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany that was used to kill more than 10,000 people and injure thousands more. As many as 20,000 slave labourers also died making them. Nevertheless that was ignored due to his crowning achievement, the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969. and other space technology. He was welcomed as a US citizen. Werner's past history was forgiven. Should it have been?
Yes
17%
399 votes
No
31%
718 votes
Undecided
31%
720 votes
Not Applicable
20%
463 votes
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4.
In 2015, 94-year-old former German SS officer Oskar Gröning was charged with complicity in the murder of 300,000 Jews at Auschwitz in 1944. Nicknamed the "Accountant of Auschwitz," he was hardly a mastermind of the Holocaust, merely a 21 years old soldier following orders, collecting and counting the valuable possessions of the doomed. Gröning never killed anyone. He was a mere cog in a large killing machine. But he was there and helped to run a system of death that killed 1.1 million people. As an accountant aged 21, could he simply have said "No" ? I don't think he had that option. Do you agree?
In 2015, 94-year-old former German SS officer Oskar Gröning was charged with complicity in the murder of 300,000 Jews at Auschwitz in 1944. Nicknamed the
Yes
39%
898 votes
No
15%
351 votes
Undecided
26%
602 votes
Not Applicable
20%
449 votes
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5.
I recently watched a documentary about the WW11 attack on Pearl Harbour. What I didn't know was that, not very long after the end of the war, Japanese pilots who had been part of the raid were invited to visit the site and meet some of the US personnel who had been there on the day. The Japanese did the same and invited pilots who had firebombed Japanese cities. Neither the Japanese nor the Americans thought these attack were honourable but were forced on them by the vagaries of war. Sharing their common experiences resulted in lasting friendships that only old age has erased. Holding on to decades of hate is a heavy burden to carry and forgiving as outlined here lightens the load. Do you agree?
I recently watched a documentary about the WW11 attack on Pearl Harbour. What I didn't know was that, not very long after the end of the war, Japanese pilots who had been part of the raid were invited to visit the site and meet some of the US personnel who had been there on the day. The Japanese did the same and invited pilots who had firebombed Japanese cities. Neither the Japanese nor the Americans thought these attack were honourable but were forced on them by the vagaries of war. Sharing their common experiences resulted in lasting friendships that only old age has erased. Holding on to decades of hate is a heavy burden to carry and forgiving as outlined here lightens the load. Do you agree?
Yes
52%
1205 votes
No
9%
197 votes
Undecided
19%
447 votes
Not Applicable
20%
451 votes
In the questions above, would you rather seek revenge or forgive?
  • Forgiveness is the better option, and revenge isn't for any human to have.
  • Doesn't it all depend on what the problem/crime was???!!!
  • Forgive
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