When documenting stories, countries should defiantly write the positive and the negative things that have happened. People should have the right to form their own opinion about their country's history. Most of the time countries leave out the bad stuff that have happened because they are ashamed of how they acted or what they did. Pride is more important than the truth, because the truth makes them look bad & the pride gives them the okay to hide all the mistakes that happened. I think they think it's okay because it was the past and it doesn't matter anymore. However, that doesn't make any sense because the past represents who they are today. Sometimes someone has to do a little bad to do some good. Learning from mistakes is better than denying them.