Rowshan, Arendt's quote should remind every one of us that mass horror is just one step away. There is no other event in modern history that has the scope of the Holocaust or a place called Auschwitz that clearly define the atrocity neighbor can inflict against neighbor.
Rowshan, Arendt's quote should remind every one of us that mass horror is just one step away. There is no other event in modern history that has the scope of the Holocaust or a place called Auschwitz that clearly define the atrocity neighbor can inflict against neighbor.
Daria, The lesson for all of us is to recognize the destruction and slaughter of human beings on a mass scale, includes examples before and after The Holocaust (Shoah). More than eight million indigenous people died, primarily through the spread of Afro-Eurasian diseases., in events described as the first large-scale act of genocide of the modern era. The Cambodian genocide, systematic persecution and killing of Cambodians by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Communist Party general secretary Pol Pot, resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million and sadly, there are other such tragic examples..
I suggest you peruse the film "The Act of Killing" before making such statements. Just because the 1965-66 genocide in Indonesia did not include White Folks, doesn't make it any less terrible.
The key word in my comment was "scope", based on the compressed number of years and the number of lives claimed by genocide during WWII. I evidently did not make myself clear. I do understand there have been outrageous atrocities around the world, before and after that time. You seem to believe I lack awareness of those many atrocities and ascribe racism as a reason. That is insulting.
Daria, perhaps Stephen meant no insult and was trying to contribute more info. Those of us whoтАЩve been on this feed for awhile know your scope of knowledge, others may not. I also found myself thinking about other global examples of genocide and injustice that were based on tribe, nation and religion rather than race. Our human history is very dark.
Yes Daria, I meant no insult. When I pushed 'send' I thought oooh, that came out not quite like I intended it...
All respect for you and your contributions here. Yes, I am trying to widen the scope. Having spent time in Indonesia and spoken with people who have first hand accounts, I have to do what I can to widen all of our 'scope'.
And the denial while it was happening, and even afterwards. Although there is a national historical guilt professed by many in Germany today, I thought. Not all.
Rowshan, Arendt's quote should remind every one of us that mass horror is just one step away. There is no other event in modern history that has the scope of the Holocaust or a place called Auschwitz that clearly define the atrocity neighbor can inflict against neighbor.
Hear, hear!
Daria, The lesson for all of us is to recognize the destruction and slaughter of human beings on a mass scale, includes examples before and after The Holocaust (Shoah). More than eight million indigenous people died, primarily through the spread of Afro-Eurasian diseases., in events described as the first large-scale act of genocide of the modern era. The Cambodian genocide, systematic persecution and killing of Cambodians by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Communist Party general secretary Pol Pot, resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million and sadly, there are other such tragic examples..
Thank you.
I suggest you peruse the film "The Act of Killing" before making such statements. Just because the 1965-66 genocide in Indonesia did not include White Folks, doesn't make it any less terrible.
Or the horrors of the Pol Pot regime, or the daily life of the inhabitants of North Korea or Burma or Belarus.
The key word in my comment was "scope", based on the compressed number of years and the number of lives claimed by genocide during WWII. I evidently did not make myself clear. I do understand there have been outrageous atrocities around the world, before and after that time. You seem to believe I lack awareness of those many atrocities and ascribe racism as a reason. That is insulting.
Daria, perhaps Stephen meant no insult and was trying to contribute more info. Those of us whoтАЩve been on this feed for awhile know your scope of knowledge, others may not. I also found myself thinking about other global examples of genocide and injustice that were based on tribe, nation and religion rather than race. Our human history is very dark.
Diane, perhaps. You are correct, human history is very dark and is riddled with intolerance and genocide. It's never ending.
Yes Daria, I meant no insult. When I pushed 'send' I thought oooh, that came out not quite like I intended it...
All respect for you and your contributions here. Yes, I am trying to widen the scope. Having spent time in Indonesia and spoken with people who have first hand accounts, I have to do what I can to widen all of our 'scope'.
And the denial while it was happening, and even afterwards. Although there is a national historical guilt professed by many in Germany today, I thought. Not all.