The weight its self should not be passed down, because the descendants of wrong doers shouldn’t be forced to feel guilty over the actions that their ancestor made. Family is about being able to share and not keep secrets so parents should explain to their children about their family history. The idea is not to be proud of it, but to learn from it and realize that what the person did was wrong. It isn’t a good feeling to learn about what your grandfather did from a book or a newspaper article that is written by someone that you don’t know. The media shouldn’t continue to share information like this without the permission of the families, because parents won’t want their kids finding information out from bias newswriters. This news article is extremely sad, because not only does it include the actions taken by people, but also how their descendants feel. I would hate to find out that my grandfather bit up someone from a news story. I would much rather have my parents sit me down and explain it to me. They would let me realize that what my grandfather did was wrong.
The weight should not be passed down, but the future generations should be aware of bad things that their ancestors did. People say don't speak about it, and it's forgotten. But, that's not necessarily true. Sometimes you have to speak about it, even though it's not your fault. A woman in the article had to go through therapy and talk about her ancester's problems to stop feeling guilty.
I think that it's really sad that people now don't realize that present generations are not responsible for what their ancestors did. What happened in the past should be learned from, and then they should move it. Just accept what happened and try to prevent it in the future. However, people in the family should know about their history and there should be no family secrets.
It would be very hard for kids to learn about the atrocious acts of their grandparents, but one time or another truth has to be faced. What the gardener did at the boarding school was cruel. The 12 year old didn't have control over his grandfather and the gardener should have at least forgiven him.
I think that the weight should indeed not be passed on. it only furthers prejudices kids and makes them feel guilty. the next thing you know they commit suicide and you caused that death.
this question has another side because some kids think its cool what there elders did. in a case like this it would be perfectly right to patronize them.
I do not think that the weight should be passed on, but it doesn't mean that history should be completely ignored and forgotten aboout. I think it is very wrong of people to treat others badly, just because of their past. Every one has baggage they need to carry. It isn't even the person's fault if their ancestors committed a crime. The saying forgive and forget doesn't always apply. i believe people should forgive others for their mistakes(even if the mistakes weren't even committed by them) but shouldn't neccisarily be forgotten because it is after all history. For example in the article, the twelve year old boy had no control over what his grandfather did, yet he got beaten up pretty badly.People are cruel to do that. As it is, I'm sure the boy had a lot to deal with internally as well. The baggage they carry sometimes benefits people and in that case, it is okay to talk about it, but if it hurts a person, or causes them any pain, people should just forgive them and move on. Not forget it, but don't mistreat the person for something they didn't even do.
The weight should not be passed down because they weren't actually the ones that committed the crime. It was their grandfathers. Someone should not be beaten for what they have not done. For example if my grandpa committed those crimes I would, first of all change my name and second, tell the man who wants to beat me that I have never met my grandpa. I would also tell him that I am so sorry for everything he did. The kid in the article just let himself get beat up.
The weight should not be passed down. The crimes that people in the past have commited are their crimes. People in this present time did not commit crimes from the past. This major Nazi war criminal's grandson is not responsible for the deaths of Jews in Auschwitz, therefore the teacher shouldn't have beat the student. This generation of German people are not to blame for the Holocaust even if their grandparents were Nazis. We need to remember the Holocaust, but we should not blame and mistreat someone for what their ancestors did.
Yes, the weight should be passed down, because the future generations need to know the horrible things that their grandparents did. That way, they can deal with what happened and make sure they raise their children to be better people than the grandparents. But they shouldn’t be blamed for murders and horrible things done by their ancestors, it’s just not fair. They can’t control what their ancestors did, and so it really isn’t their fault. I think it was wrong of that Auschwitz survivor to beat up the 12-year-old just because his grandfather was a Nazi. It wasn’t he who murdered thousands of Jews, it was his grandfather, so why should he be beaten? As long as the grandchildren of those Nazis make an effort to know what their ancestors did wrong and make sure that their children don’t repeat that behavior, I think people should judge them for who they are, and not for who their grandparents were.
The weight should be passed down as a way for the future generation to embrace it and learn from their "ascendant's" mistakes. The weight and odium should be passed on if someone's grandparents and parents were, for example, slave holders and were white southern racists, because they would then most likely passed those traits on to their kin. However the example in the reading - the Hoess descendant - and how he was beaten up because of his grandfather running Auschwitz for 4 years, that is not justified. I like his quote of "it's not like I can inherit his evil", because it is true. But one can inherit family values of racism, superiority, arrogance, slyness, and so on. In conclusion, the weight of someone's dark family history should be passed on and noted, but not acted upon.
I think that the weight of a family's past should not be passed along to its future generations, but the future generations should still know about all the bad things that their ancestors did to prevent it from happening again in the future. In the article, the grandchildren whose grandparents were Nazis should not feel guilty about their past because they could have done nothing to stop it. Just because you are a descendant of a Nazi member does not mean that you are just as evil as them. People shouldn't just try to cover up what their ancestors did either because it wasn't your fault so you should not be blamed for it. The gardener should definitely not have beaten Hoess just because his grandfather tortured him; the gardener probably just wanted to take out all the anger built up by the Nazis. You should be open about your past and not just let it slide, because if you don't tell people, it just might happen again. Boger even had to go to therapy because she could not let the thought sink in that her grandfather was a dreadful murderer during the Holocaust, but she had no control over it so people shouldn't go around blaming her and others either. Future generations should learn about the mistakes that their ancestors made but they should not be blamed for something their grandfather did.
Should the weight of a family’s awful past be passed down to future generations? The question can be contemplated with an infinite series of approached. As you begin to delve into the mechanics of this question, you begin to see that our world not only passes down familial burdens, but also cultural, societal, environmental, financial, and other burdens to future generations. I think that one sentence can sum up the undeniable law of human perception when it comes to generational sin: “Like father, like son.” As a race, we like to feel superior to others, and blaming them for their family’s past, and making them feel inferior, is one way that we accomplish this. Even the Bible has a verse that reinforces that very notion: Exodus 20:5 – “You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.” (NIV) In the case of Rainer Hoess, I believe that his experiences were caused by the very same cultural statement that has been passed down. His grandfather may have been a war criminal, but Rainer had no hand in those crimes. Obviously, as can be seen in the image of Rainer’s father, brother, aunts, and uncles, the generational traits of evil and being brought up in a Nazi household are still passed down. Usually, this is the case. As mentioned above, “like father, like son.” However, soon enough, there always comes along that one family member who refuses to adhere to the evils that the family has laid its foundation upon. A prime example of this is seen in the Harry Potter books through Sirius Black. His whole family, which hated Muggle-borns and supported the Dark Arts, banished him simple because of his good nature and his need to do something positive for society. However, beyond the extent of his closest friends, no one else would accept him either, for hatred of his family. I believe that generational sin is indeed a pressing issue, and that it is wrong to punish the child for the evils of the father. There are some cultural anomalies that express the notion that punishing future generations for their familial history is wrong. In the case of Hinduism, in the story of Bhakt Prahlad, the demon Hiranyakashyapu proclaims himself to be God and spits upon Lord Vishnu, the Protector of the Universe. However, his son, Prahlad, is a good person, who has devoted himself to goodness and the praise of the Lord. Instead of hurting Prahlad, Lord Vishnu saves him multiple times when his father tries to hurt him, and destroys the evil demon at the end. In this story, we can see that the offspring of the evil person is in fact helped by the natural elements of the universe despite his father’s evil nature. Unfortunately, however, such a situation is rare in the modern world, where how miserable your life will be is governed by other people. And usually, we don’t stop to think. We simply judge others, despite preaching the statement, “don’t judge a book by its cover.”
Should the weight of a family's awful past be passed along to its future generations? The answer to that controversial question is no! The past can never be forgotten but people should not beat themselves up over being born into a family with a dark past. Rainer Hoess didn’t choose to be the grandson of the infamous Rudolf Hoess just as much as Arun Manilal Gandhi didn’t choose to be Mohandas Gandhi’s grandson. Being the grandson of a hero instead of a villain doesn’t automatically make Arun Manilal Gandhi a better person. So while the descendents of desperados should remember their family’s past but so should the rest of the world. In Harry Potter Sirius Black was a hero despite his relative’s involvement with Lord Voldemort. In conclusion the whole world should feel the weight of the dirty deeds of the past and the relatives of the chief evildoers should not have to hold a heavier weight of this guilt.
The weight of a family's awful past should not be passed along to its future generations. Of course, the future generations must be taught what happened, and why it was wrong, but they should not be held responsible for what their ancestors did. Horrible things from the past are not to be forgotten, but they are to be learned from. Present and future generations can learn from these events like the Holocaust to prevent history from repeating itself. Rudolf Hoess's grandchild did not choose to become his grandchild, so he should not be held accountble for any of this grandfather's doings. In the article, it was stated that just because they have an ancestor that did horrible things, they did not inherit the evil. I completely agree with this, which is why I am very disappointed that one would think that it is okay to beat someone because that persons grandfather tortured others in the past.
The weight of the past of family members should not be passed down by generations. The bad decisions of ancestors should not at all effect the children if they were not involved. The mistakes of ancestors though, should be taught and corrected by the parents in order that children will not for take in any of the bad activities. Grandchildren shouldn’t be blamed or feel guilty for ancestors wrong doing because it was not their actions, although they may have been taught this. I do think that money made from these wrong doings given to family members should be taken, but definitely not all of it. The children had nothing to do for what their grandparents did, therefore as long as they know what was wrong, they should only be judge on there personal decisions. I think the article was sad. The grandchild was seen as his grandfather who was a Nazi. He had no control of what his Grandfather did in the past. Those that beat him up were cruel and were not defending their cause at all by doing so.
I don't think that the weight of the crime should be passed down, because they aren't the one who did it in the first place. However, at the same I believe that the future generations should know what their family did and accept it. First off, they will know what they did wrong and not make the same mistakes that they did. If what their past relatives did was wrong, their is nothing that you can do about It, unless you have a time machine. All you can do is try to fix it if you want, because you didn't do it. The only thing you are required to do is to make sure not to turn out like that person. Further more the people around shouldn't discriminate against you based on what your elders did, beause you did not do it.
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The weight its self should not be passed down, because the descendants of wrong doers shouldn’t be forced to feel guilty over the actions that their ancestor made. Family is about being able to share and not keep secrets so parents should explain to their children about their family history. The idea is not to be proud of it, but to learn from it and realize that what the person did was wrong.
ReplyDeleteIt isn’t a good feeling to learn about what your grandfather did from a book or a newspaper article that is written by someone that you don’t know. The media shouldn’t continue to share information like this without the permission of the families, because parents won’t want their kids finding information out from bias newswriters.
This news article is extremely sad, because not only does it include the actions taken by people, but also how their descendants feel. I would hate to find out that my grandfather bit up someone from a news story. I would much rather have my parents sit me down and explain it to me. They would let me realize that what my grandfather did was wrong.
The weight should not be passed down, but the future generations should be aware of bad things that their ancestors did. People say don't speak about it, and it's forgotten. But, that's not necessarily true. Sometimes you have to speak about it, even though it's not your fault. A woman in the article had to go through therapy and talk about her ancester's problems to stop feeling guilty.
ReplyDeleteI think that it's really sad that people now don't realize that present generations are not responsible for what their ancestors did. What happened in the past should be learned from, and then they should move it. Just accept what happened and try to prevent it in the future. However, people in the family should know about their history and there should be no family secrets.
It would be very hard for kids to learn about the atrocious acts of their grandparents, but one time or another truth has to be faced. What the gardener did at the boarding school was cruel. The 12 year old didn't have control over his grandfather and the gardener should have at least forgiven him.
I think that the weight should indeed not be passed on. it only furthers prejudices kids and makes them feel guilty. the next thing you know they commit suicide and you caused that death.
ReplyDeletethis question has another side because some kids think its cool what there elders did. in a case like this it would be perfectly right to patronize them.
I do not think that the weight should be passed on, but it doesn't mean that history should be completely ignored and forgotten aboout. I think it is very wrong of people to treat others badly, just because of their past. Every one has baggage they need to carry. It isn't even the person's fault if their ancestors committed a crime. The saying forgive and forget doesn't always apply. i believe people should forgive others for their mistakes(even if the mistakes weren't even committed by them) but shouldn't neccisarily be forgotten because it is after all history. For example in the article, the twelve year old boy had no control over what his grandfather did, yet he got beaten up pretty badly.People are cruel to do that. As it is, I'm sure the boy had a lot to deal with internally as well. The baggage they carry sometimes benefits people and in that case, it is okay to talk about it, but if it hurts a person, or causes them any pain, people should just forgive them and move on. Not forget it, but don't mistreat the person for something they didn't even do.
ReplyDeleteThe weight should not be passed down because they weren't actually the ones that committed the crime. It was their grandfathers. Someone should not be beaten for what they have not done. For example if my grandpa committed those crimes I would, first of all change my name and second, tell the man who wants to beat me that I have never met my grandpa. I would also tell him that I am so sorry for everything he did. The kid in the article just let himself get beat up.
ReplyDeleteThe weight should not be passed down. The crimes that people in the past have commited are their crimes. People in this present time did not commit crimes from the past. This major Nazi war criminal's grandson is not responsible for the deaths of Jews in Auschwitz, therefore the teacher shouldn't have beat the student. This generation of German people are not to blame for the Holocaust even if their grandparents were Nazis. We need to remember the Holocaust, but we should not blame and mistreat someone for what their ancestors did.
ReplyDeleteYes, the weight should be passed down, because the future generations need to know the horrible things that their grandparents did. That way, they can deal with what happened and make sure they raise their children to be better people than the grandparents. But they shouldn’t be blamed for murders and horrible things done by their ancestors, it’s just not fair. They can’t control what their ancestors did, and so it really isn’t their fault. I think it was wrong of that Auschwitz survivor to beat up the 12-year-old just because his grandfather was a Nazi. It wasn’t he who murdered thousands of Jews, it was his grandfather, so why should he be beaten? As long as the grandchildren of those Nazis make an effort to know what their ancestors did wrong and make sure that their children don’t repeat that behavior, I think people should judge them for who they are, and not for who their grandparents were.
ReplyDeleteThe weight should be passed down as a way for the future generation to embrace it and learn from their "ascendant's" mistakes. The weight and odium should be passed on if someone's grandparents and parents were, for example, slave holders and were white southern racists, because they would then most likely passed those traits on to their kin.
ReplyDeleteHowever the example in the reading - the Hoess descendant - and how he was beaten up because of his grandfather running Auschwitz for 4 years, that is not justified. I like his quote of "it's not like I can inherit his evil", because it is true. But one can inherit family values of racism, superiority, arrogance, slyness, and so on.
In conclusion, the weight of someone's dark family history should be passed on and noted, but not acted upon.
I think that the weight of a family's past should not be passed along to its future generations, but the future generations should still know about all the bad things that their ancestors did to prevent it from happening again in the future. In the article, the grandchildren whose grandparents were Nazis should not feel guilty about their past because they could have done nothing to stop it. Just because you are a descendant of a Nazi member does not mean that you are just as evil as them. People shouldn't just try to cover up what their ancestors did either because it wasn't your fault so you should not be blamed for it. The gardener should definitely not have beaten Hoess just because his grandfather tortured him; the gardener probably just wanted to take out all the anger built up by the Nazis. You should be open about your past and not just let it slide, because if you don't tell people, it just might happen again. Boger even had to go to therapy because she could not let the thought sink in that her grandfather was a dreadful murderer during the Holocaust, but she had no control over it so people shouldn't go around blaming her and others either. Future generations should learn about the mistakes that their ancestors made but they should not be blamed for something their grandfather did.
ReplyDeleteShould the weight of a family’s awful past be passed down to future generations? The question can be contemplated with an infinite series of approached. As you begin to delve into the mechanics of this question, you begin to see that our world not only passes down familial burdens, but also cultural, societal, environmental, financial, and other burdens to future generations. I think that one sentence can sum up the undeniable law of human perception when it comes to generational sin: “Like father, like son.” As a race, we like to feel superior to others, and blaming them for their family’s past, and making them feel inferior, is one way that we accomplish this. Even the Bible has a verse that reinforces that very notion:
ReplyDeleteExodus 20:5 – “You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.” (NIV)
In the case of Rainer Hoess, I believe that his experiences were caused by the very same cultural statement that has been passed down. His grandfather may have been a war criminal, but Rainer had no hand in those crimes. Obviously, as can be seen in the image of Rainer’s father, brother, aunts, and uncles, the generational traits of evil and being brought up in a Nazi household are still passed down. Usually, this is the case. As mentioned above, “like father, like son.” However, soon enough, there always comes along that one family member who refuses to adhere to the evils that the family has laid its foundation upon. A prime example of this is seen in the Harry Potter books through Sirius Black. His whole family, which hated Muggle-borns and supported the Dark Arts, banished him simple because of his good nature and his need to do something positive for society. However, beyond the extent of his closest friends, no one else would accept him either, for hatred of his family.
I believe that generational sin is indeed a pressing issue, and that it is wrong to punish the child for the evils of the father. There are some cultural anomalies that express the notion that punishing future generations for their familial history is wrong. In the case of Hinduism, in the story of Bhakt Prahlad, the demon Hiranyakashyapu proclaims himself to be God and spits upon Lord Vishnu, the Protector of the Universe. However, his son, Prahlad, is a good person, who has devoted himself to goodness and the praise of the Lord. Instead of hurting Prahlad, Lord Vishnu saves him multiple times when his father tries to hurt him, and destroys the evil demon at the end. In this story, we can see that the offspring of the evil person is in fact helped by the natural elements of the universe despite his father’s evil nature. Unfortunately, however, such a situation is rare in the modern world, where how miserable your life will be is governed by other people. And usually, we don’t stop to think. We simply judge others, despite preaching the statement, “don’t judge a book by its cover.”
Olivia Zane
ReplyDeleteShould the weight of a family's awful past be passed along to its future generations? The answer to that controversial question is no! The past can never be forgotten but people should not beat themselves up over being born into a family with a dark past. Rainer Hoess didn’t choose to be the grandson of the infamous Rudolf Hoess just as much as Arun Manilal Gandhi didn’t choose to be Mohandas Gandhi’s grandson. Being the grandson of a hero instead of a villain doesn’t automatically make Arun Manilal Gandhi a better person. So while the descendents of desperados should remember their family’s past but so should the rest of the world. In Harry Potter Sirius Black was a hero despite his relative’s involvement with Lord Voldemort. In conclusion the whole world should feel the weight of the dirty deeds of the past and the relatives of the chief evildoers should not have to hold a heavier weight of this guilt.
The weight of a family's awful past should not be passed along to its future generations. Of course, the future generations must be taught what happened, and why it was wrong, but they should not be held responsible for what their ancestors did. Horrible things from the past are not to be forgotten, but they are to be learned from. Present and future generations can learn from these events like the Holocaust to prevent history from repeating itself.
ReplyDeleteRudolf Hoess's grandchild did not choose to become his grandchild, so he should not be held accountble for any of this grandfather's doings. In the article, it was stated that just because they have an ancestor that did horrible things, they did not inherit the evil. I completely agree with this, which is why I am very disappointed that one would think that it is okay to beat someone because that persons grandfather tortured others in the past.
The weight of the past of family members should not be passed down by generations. The bad decisions of ancestors should not at all effect the children if they were not involved. The mistakes of ancestors though, should be taught and corrected by the parents in order that children will not for take in any of the bad activities. Grandchildren shouldn’t be blamed or feel guilty for ancestors wrong doing because it was not their actions, although they may have been taught this. I do think that money made from these wrong doings given to family members should be taken, but definitely not all of it. The children had nothing to do for what their grandparents did, therefore as long as they know what was wrong, they should only be judge on there personal decisions. I think the article was sad. The grandchild was seen as his grandfather who was a Nazi. He had no control of what his Grandfather did in the past. Those that beat him up were cruel and were not defending their cause at all by doing so.
ReplyDeleteTrey Cornish
ReplyDeleteI don't think that the weight of the crime should be passed down, because they aren't the one who did it in the first place. However, at the same I believe that the future generations should know what their family did and accept it. First off, they will know what they did wrong and not make the same mistakes that they did. If what their past relatives did was wrong, their is nothing that you can do about It, unless you have a time machine. All you can do is try to fix it if you want, because you didn't do it. The only thing you are required to do is to make sure not to turn out like that person.
Further more the people around shouldn't discriminate against you based on what your elders did, beause you did not do it.