Comments on: Damage control or damage repair http://khanya.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/damage-control-or-damage-repair/ Khanya e isoe ho Molimo holimo Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:49:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Michael Westmoreland-White http://khanya.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/damage-control-or-damage-repair/#comment-3222 Michael Westmoreland-White Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:45:51 +0000 http://khanya.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/damage-control-or-damage-repair/#comment-3222 I agree that these suggestions are like a tourniquet: stopping the bleeding, but not curing the wound. I think the latter will take decades. It will take us meeting Muslims, getting past stereotypes, defending their religious liberties (sometimes against our own governments), and much, much more--and it will take time. As you well know, Steve, memories are long in Africa and Central Asia--where the Crusades or the expulsion of Muslims from Spain in 1492 are spoken of as if they happened last month. It will take us helping each other find new ways of remembering--for healing and not storing up for revenge. There will be no quick fixes. But we can work to stop the bleeding, now. I agree that these suggestions are like a tourniquet: stopping the bleeding, but not curing the wound. I think the latter will take decades. It will take us meeting Muslims, getting past stereotypes, defending their religious liberties (sometimes against our own governments), and much, much more–and it will take time. As you well know, Steve, memories are long in Africa and Central Asia–where the Crusades or the expulsion of Muslims from Spain in 1492 are spoken of as if they happened last month. It will take us helping each other find new ways of remembering–for healing and not storing up for revenge.

There will be no quick fixes. But we can work to stop the bleeding, now.

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