Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?

Started by Jolene December 31st, 2009 8:39 AM
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Should auld acuaintance be forgot?

Michii

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Posted January 22nd, 2010
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It took me quite awhile to figure out what this was XD;. But may I give the background information of this to prevent the same misunderstanding for others? The question is an excerpt from a Scottish poem called Auld Lang Syne written back in the late 1700's. For anyone that couldn't figure out what auld was at first (like me, lulz), it is "old." The best translation for auld lang syne would be "long long ago." Therefore, the topic question is asking if we should forget our old acquaintances/friends, no? Iono if anyone else had trouble with this like I did. D:

To answer the question, I don't believe old acquaintances should be forgotten. Should they be cast aside to be depths of one's mind? No, I don't think so. You can still learn from their actions if you can bring back the memories that you had together. If you throw away your friend, forgetting about the things that you did and all the feelings shared, you'll never be able to learn from them. You should always keep them close to you or you could potentially be making mistakes that you could have avoided from taking what they did. And then there's always just the simple bliss of remembering them. :3

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Nick

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Nobody should be forgotten. Would you want to be forgotten in anyone's mind, regardless of who you are to them? So long as you know them, of course. I feel absolutely horrible when someone I spoke to so long ago starts talking to me and I have that cloud in my mind blocking who they are and then I have no choice but to ask who they are, despite how obvious it may be. Considering most of the people I've lost contact with over the years are people I met a while ago online and have gone through a lot with, there are things that just shouldn't happen, in my opinion, and forgetting someone is on that list for me.

Michelle pretty much summed everything about this topic up, as far as I'm concerned. You should keep everyone you meet close to you, regardless of how much they mean to you, especially if they're a good person. There are very few pure hearted people in the world and being able to keep one close to your hand is a very assuring fact that I think most people take for granted just because they aren't "friend" with the person. I, for one, make very few friends, and that is a decision I made on my own. But there are people I would like to get to know more. But just because I want to get to know them, doesn't mean that they'll become friends with me in the future.

So anyway, no, acquaintances should always be there with you in your mind. I don't think you should forget them, but sometimes that's out of your control.