Hundreds of women who survived a horrific medical procedure and now want compensation feel betrayed by government. One of the ways a government can claim properly to be representing
its people is by holding up a magnifying glass to bad things that
happened in the past.
In the UK, for example, all sorts of inquiries have been held
recently into issues ranging from systematic abuse of children in care
to the deaths of football fans in a crush at a ground. These things provide for a sense of justice for the victims, if they
are held properly and dispassionately, and they suggest that the past
isn't forgotten.http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/04/ireland-accused-whitewashing-childbirth-scandal-150411085441926.html