AFTER VIOLENCE: 3R, RECONSTRUCTION, RECONCILIATION ...

juridical approaches are universal, using Western = universal;
- however, human stupidity has to be tempered with human wisdom
which, in turn, has to be taken from wherever we find it.
Cultural eclecticism is a must in the field of reconciliation, we
cannot draw on any one culture alone;
- taken combined these approaches may make more sense. The
problem is to design good combinations for a given situation, and
that obviously requires knowledge, skill and experience.
Some of the twelve belong together, in twos and threes:
- [1] and [5]: the exculpatory approach: nobody is guilty, and
the karma approach: we are all guilty/responsible, together, are
perspectives that may have great conciliatory effect;
- [2] and [3], reparation/restitution and apology/forgiveness,
complete each other, and may work if the case is not too hard;
- [4] and [5], the penitence and the punishment approaches, also
complete each other, and may release the perpetrator from guilt;
- [7] and [8], the historical and theatrical approaches complete
each other, providing an image of factual and potential truths;
- [9], [10] and [11], the joint sorrow, joint reconstruction and
joint resolution approaches are based on the same methodology;
- [12], the ho'o ponopono approach is very holistic, in a sense
incorporating all the others.
As there is some validity to all approaches why not try them
all? There is something to do that. The NSC approaches may blunt
the trauma and the guilt, and pave the way for more symmetric
approaches, with shared responsibility. Ho'o ponopono practiced
high and low in society might deepen that. The three "joint
approaches" could be initiated at an early stage, at a modest
level, to gain experience. At the same time history commissions
and theater groups start operating. If somebody has broken the law
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