Reply #16: We've been assimilated to various degrees.

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But no one has forgotten. The worst thing is a current generation where just "getting by" is viewed as success. Still it's getting better on that front as well. One advantage is that many of my generation are the first off the farm. Many of us are professionals but our childhoods left us with the knowledge and abilities to farm, to repair vehicles, to hunt, to butcher and preserve, to built a home as well as myriad other subsistance skills. Combine that with respect for Gaia that lurks in our hearts from the old ladies that nurtured us as children and you have a population that is ready for damn near anything that happens. You also have a population that is invariably sympathetic to Palestinians for the obvious reasons.

Thanks for the post, I'm so thoroughly assimilated that sometimes I need to be reminded who I am and how I got here. "Salt on a wound" is a good thing sometimes, remembering validates those who died and strengthens the children of those who didn't. There's a lot of acceptance in this population, much patience as well.