There are many things which have some form of impact on my life, either happening to me or that influences my way of thinking and therefore flows on into my life in some form or another. Indeed there are many, many things. The Armenian genocide is one of these later events. Sure, I don’t think about it a lot, but when it comes to the forefront there is an immediate reaction as I am once again moved to disgust (among other emotions) at how not wanting to offend a nation prevents us from recognizing the barbarity of what was meted out on the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
The links and video below shed more light on this terrible event.
For more visit:
– http://elitedaily.com/news/politics/us-wont-recongnize-armenian-genocide/1012675/
– https://theconversation.com/100-years-on-australias-still-out-of-step-on-the-armenian-genocide-39792
– https://theconversation.com/join-the-dots-between-gallipoli-and-the-armenian-genocide-40067
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