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Post by haplotype on Jul 28, 2010 16:46:58 GMT -5
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Post by betahat on Jul 30, 2010 15:15:49 GMT -5
You know, Oliver Stone just got in trouble for making a comment like that. Probably not a good idea to ever compare "the" holocaust with anything else, including the Eastern front of WWII or anything Mao ever did, even if you ARE half-Jewish.
I'm a bit surprised by the irony though, given that the Armenians were themselves victims of several genocides - I'm (slightly) surprised to see them on the other end. But maybe the Israelis aren't that different either. It seems like being the victim of tremendous cruelty and oppression rarely helps you rise above, which is what makes your Mandela's and Gandhi's and MLK's so unique in history.
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Post by Groink on Aug 18, 2010 16:18:54 GMT -5
Eye for an eye almost always gets promoted to the top of the policy chain.
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Post by milkman's baby on Aug 19, 2010 1:50:38 GMT -5
Heh, I think every group likes to claim their stake in the Holocaust. You will frequently hear Eastern Europeans pointing out how more East Euros and Gypsies were killed in the Holocaust than actual Jews.
The world had and probably still has several holocausts and we don't hear about them because there are simply too many to care about. Every now and then you get the Darfurs that are lucky enough to break into showbiz because some vegetarian woman from Massachusetts starts the trend with cool bracelets which are soon mass manufactured and worn by all the teenage girls at Starbucks. But otherwise, I find the only people who care about certain genocides or conflicts are those who's family is from the area (Armenian-Americans for the Armenian genocide, Jews for Israel, etc.).
Everybody wants their story told but after a while you either run out of pages in the book or the reader gets tired of reading it.
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