I could not agree more, and I would add it takes commitment, sacrifice, and a willingness to expend.resources, all of which seem to be in very short supply these days, at least in our country. That part of our mutual experience makes it more difficult for me to be optimistic, at least in the short term. Jack Sent from my Credo cell phone -------- Original message -------- Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Expulsion discussions From: Aida Kraus <draytonharbor@gmail.com> To: german-bohemian@rootsweb.com CC: Dr. Schaffer, the process would be much faster, if the school systems would have standardized parameters, at least as far as social studies and the teachings of history are concerned.  If a democratic process is to be achieved for equal human rights on a large scale,  it must begin in schools and I mean within all of our school systems.  But you are very correct, that requires enlightenment and time. Aida On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Dr. Jack B. Schaffer < jack_b_schaffer@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm actually a bit more optimistic than that, Lavrentiy. I agree with, or > want to agree with, Teilhard de Chardin, who believed that human evolution > continues under God's guidance. I think we are less brutal and more held to > account than people were in the Middle Ages. For me it is just that > progress is excruciatingly slow. > > Jack > > > Sent from my Credo cell phone > > -------- Original message -------- > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Expulsion discussions > From: Laurence Krupnak <LKrupnak@verizon.net> > To: german-bohemian@rootsweb.com > CC: > > Jack wrote in part: > > > As the song by Pete Seeger goes, when Will they ever learn? > > ********** > > Mankind will never learn. > > One objective of studying history is to teach us to not repeat horrible > things.  Studying history demonstrates that mankind never changes his ways. > > _______ > > Lavrentiy > > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message