What are your thoughts on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day?

[lightbulb27]

How was your Friday April 24th? Mine was good, enjoying sporting activitity with my friends and a really good hamburger. But only 111 years ago in Armenia, different story...

Armenians were forced from their homes marched into Syria, systematically murdered, raped, starved and abused. Massacre totaled by estimates 600,000 to 1.5M people. That's a lot of people... imagine...

All of Dublin Ireland... wiped out! or Copenhagen Denmark... wiped out! or Austin Texas... removed of all inhabitants... purged!

This was achieved by the Muslim "Young Turks" of the Ottoman Empire in an effort to preserve their their empire. They were progressive, younger in their 20's to 40's, looking to move past monarchy to constitutional government. One such action was purging Christian Armenians whom were challenging for more rights.

This is the day we recognize the suffering, misery and unnecessary loss of life of so many we've never met.

The Memorial!

One can only wonder the misery they experienced. However, some today, are experiencing similiar systematically in other regions. Suffering, has never left us.

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A lesson in this is to be careful of changing of power. It may apply to Iran, which has a large population of young people, new ideas... and the old leadership... is dying. The new ideas will come forth. Will they be

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What do you think?

[emeraldsaphire]

lol shhh, you'll offend all the Turks on here! It's sad, I'm not really the biggest fan of having a remembrance day for everything awful. Like I don't think we need an Irish Potato Famine remembrance day, or a Warsaw Uprising remembrance day, but it's nuts we don't acknowledge that the Armenian genocide happened.

[KostasKouvalis]

I support is simply because it pisses off the Turks. Their nationalism and denial is so pathetic. They have such an inferiority complex.

[KostasKouvalis]

Honestly, I'm surprised they haven't just blamed the Kurds like they do with everything

[beefcakebradybatson]

@KostasKouvalis Plus Erdogan is a dictatorial pr*ck !!!

[KostasKouvalis]

I know, it's sad.

[beefcakebradybatson]

@KostasKouvalis Did you also know that about 30 years back, many racist Germans called the obviously white Turks "N" words !!!

[KostasKouvalis]

No, but I'm not surprised. In Austria they used to beat them 'cuz they were setting up businesses and ripping people off

[beefcakebradybatson]

@KostasKouvalis The Kurds are the new N******* !!!

[beefcakebradybatson]

Or Beginning Of Slavery Day !!!

[lightbulb27]

yea hard to say. Frankly, it isn't the fault of the people alive today, they were handed a mess and probably taught differently about it, or that it isn't true at all. They may be hearing this the first time... if they ever read it. It's mind control.

If we could have a rememberance day for every awful day in human history, not enough days...

[beefcakebradybatson]

Sound familiar?

[Agape93]

Not one turk will ever acknowledge it

[lightbulb27]

Yea, wonder why psychologically? Why would they despise Christians... other than they are Infidels? maybe same reason most won't recognize the slaughter in Gaza or other zones. Selfishness?

[Agape93]

They won't because their cultural pride and lack of thinking l, has allowed them to divorce their nations history of two genocides and support of other attempted genocides, and their self perceptions.

[lightbulb27]

Pride yes, makes sense... good call!
Pride... the fall of mankind sounds right...
All that pride rooted in what? I don't know the history of the people. I'd like to visit Turkey, but maybe not right now.

[Agape93]

I've no fucking idea. Their heyday was over a century ago

[beefcakebradybatson]

It was my ex-dentist and high school buddy, retired Dr. Jim Chase's 74th birthday.

[KostasKouvalis]

Also known as "Biden's only good policy"

[Anonymous]

April 24th has long passed. So why was this provocative post shared now?

[lightbulb27]

that was just a few days ago and didn't see any posts on it.. didn't want to mis the opportunity to recall history, in hopes others do better for the lives today.

Reflecting on the past can help someone respond better in the present, if their hearts are in the right place.

[exitseven]

Its man's inhumanity to man

[Dargil]

They had theirs too.

[888theGreat]

It happened to them for sure