I wonder, after enough years have passed for all of us living this age to care, would reconciliation be possible? Would forgetting help us heal and move on? Is this an unexpected or even an unwelcome purpose of forgetting?
We forget in order to forgive. Time will erase from our collective consciousness the scarred memories of the killings today.
And sometimes we do things so stupid that even God struggles to forgive us. --- Crime and Punishment
The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene I [The quality of mercy is not strained]
