Evaluating the king!

We always tend to dwell on the past and forget the present. When in fact we should always dwell in the present remembering the past. So is it possible to forgive our past oppressors?

Then again, we seem to forget that the whole process of life, society, statehood and law and order was a communal evolutionary process. It is almost like time frames - now we are where most of the developed nation were then. So can we welcome our past oppressors?