Alrighty! Finally a topic that there wasn't/isn't already on the forum, and that isn't overly talked about anyway.
I just read "Death and the Maiden" by Ariel Dorfman. It is a play that talks about - no not Pinochet's regime itself, but what the aftereffects are. It is situated in the 90s - and the theme is:
Should Chile try to forget what has happened? The military part of Chile keeps saying that they should forget what happened in the past. Does the saying "forgive and forget" work without the former part?
Then the play deals with more specific points, as in "what would you do?". If you were in a victim's position (someone who was themselves tortured, or a friend of a person who "disappeared", would you try to forget? Remember that the commission that's set up in Chile at the time being is useless - or almost useless. The one that was set up in the 90s was only allowed to investigate deaths, not tortures. They weren't allowed to convict people they found guilty - and yet many people refused to step forward?
If you don't know what I'm talking about, read here.
If you think I should elaborate my point, or explain what I'm trying to say, I'll do so in no time.
-konfusion
I just read "Death and the Maiden" by Ariel Dorfman. It is a play that talks about - no not Pinochet's regime itself, but what the aftereffects are. It is situated in the 90s - and the theme is:
Should Chile try to forget what has happened? The military part of Chile keeps saying that they should forget what happened in the past. Does the saying "forgive and forget" work without the former part?
Then the play deals with more specific points, as in "what would you do?". If you were in a victim's position (someone who was themselves tortured, or a friend of a person who "disappeared", would you try to forget? Remember that the commission that's set up in Chile at the time being is useless - or almost useless. The one that was set up in the 90s was only allowed to investigate deaths, not tortures. They weren't allowed to convict people they found guilty - and yet many people refused to step forward?
If you don't know what I'm talking about, read here.
If you think I should elaborate my point, or explain what I'm trying to say, I'll do so in no time.
-konfusion