The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was hardly noted!

Ralphy1

Ralphy1

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It was the first genocide of the 20th century but hardly the last. Now that mankind is in the 21st century the slaughter of one group by another for whatever reason seems to be accelerating to me. Is there any hope for us as a specie? I wonder...
 

I also wonder if we are heading toward nuclear annihilation as so many countries gain the capability and some of them either unstable or theocracies...
 
It's a sad thought but I have to agree. If there is nuclear war, I figure San Diego will be one of the first places to go as there is so much military here. I'd rather just get it over with quickly . . . . . .
 
Yes, ground zero would be where I would want to be rather than waiting for the winds to blow the radio activity my way, which would happen if New York City was hit...
 
Ralphy, are you of Armenian descent? I must admit I am pretty ignorant about the Armenian genocide, although I know there are many people of Armenian descent in California. Would you mind filling us in in what happened, Ralphy?
 
No, not Armenian, just a student of history. The genocide came after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and issues that arose between the Turks and Armenians stemming from WWI. You can find good materials that will give you the pertinent details thru Google...
 
I was more interested in discussing that our nature does not seem to be improving with time and experience...
 
Nothing to apologize for as it probably was misleading. I like to take historical events and look at them and there effect on subsequent history. Such as how presidents, for example, make policy decisions based on ther predecessors experience with wars being a great example...
 
Re: The 100th anniversary of the Armeniab Genocide was hardly noted!

Ralphy1 said:
It was the first genocide of the 20th century but hardly the last. Now that mankind is in the 21st century the slaughter of one group by another for whatever reason seems to be accelerating to me. Is there any hope for us as a specie? I wonder...
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Well, the Turks are still officially claiming it wasn't what it looked like....... They can't explain exactly what it was.....but they feel definitely misunderstood. Whatever.

One of our best friends who was stationed with us in Turkey was Armenian. His father was born less than 50 miles from where we lived; his dad was twelve and responsible for his sickly widowed mother and four younger siblings when they were expelled and forced to march for four days before being put on a boat. He carried his mother on his back until the third day when he realized she had died sometime during the day. He couldn't even bury her ..... he had to leave her body alongside a road. Luckily, he and his siblings had relatives living in America and they were taken in by family. You can imagine his feelings when he found out that his son was going to be stationed in Turkey.

That said, I don't blame the modern-day Turkish citizen for this any more than I want to be blamed for the treatment of native Americans or slavery.

To quote (probably incorrectly) Santayana: "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

I think we're doomed.
 
Might have been barely noticed over there, but it made several news outlets over here, as it does every year.

It will be one of the biggest stumbling blocks if ever Turkey looks like becoming a member of the EU.

As far as genocide goes, as long as there are young men willing to kill to satisfy old men's ambitions it will never stop.
 

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