Re: The notorious SS
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Re25</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I am not offended by the SS sign because I don’t think the intent was to be associated with the nazi ss, if it was I would be.
EH you don’t have to be beholden to the Holocaust if you don’t believe it so be it. Most of the other millions of survivors of other atrocities must not want to put the effort into remembering what happened to their people. The Armenians are an exception. Yes only about 6 million Jews were killed which was half the total population of European Jews, not as many as some other atrocities. Just because the number isn’t as large as some of the others the impact was.
There is another thing that was difference about the Holocaust, there was no armed attack against Germany or an organized rebellion like there was in both Rwanda, and Kosovo that got the tables turned on the victims. The victims were unarmed men women and childeren and the aged.
This information may not mater to you, I have read some of your other posts and comments. Here it is anyway.
Israeli Cabinet statement during the Rwanda genocide:
The cabinet passed a resolution concerning events in Rwanda, as follows:
"The government of Israel is shocked by the genocide being carried out in Rwanda and by the murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent people.
The Jewish people, who endured the most bitter experience of the Nazi holocaust, and their country - The State of Israel - cannot stand idly by in the face of the horror in Rwanda.
The government of Israel calls on the international community to urgently act to stop the massacre, and announces that it is prepared to take part in humanitarian activities to rescue people in the unfortunate country.
The cabinet has requested that the foreign minister examine proposals for humanitarian assistance, including the dispatch of medical teams to Rwanda.”
FYI: Israel has also extended humanitarian aid to the following countries including the US after Katrina, Rwanda and Kosovo. Most of the counties on the list are people of color. Some who would like it to be destroyed. Here is the list.
Albania * Angola * Argentina * Armenia * Azerbaijan * Belarus * Benin * Bolivia * Bosnia & Herzogovina * Bourkina-Fasso * Brazil * Bulgaria * Gurundi * Cambodia * Cameroon * Chad * Chile * China * Columbia * Congo * Costa Rica * Cote d'Ivoire * Cyprus * Czech Republic * Democratic Republic of Congo * Deominican Republic * Ecuador* Egypt * El Salvador * Eritrea * Estonia * Ethiopia * Fiji * Gambia * Georgia * Ghana * Greece * Guatemala * Guinea * Guinea-Bissau * Guyana * Haiti * Honduras * Hungary * India * Indonesia * Jamaica * Jordan * Kazakhstan * Kenya * Kyrgystan * Laos * Latvia * Leshotho * Liberia * Lithuania * Macedonia * Madagascar * Malawi * Malta * Mauritania * Mauritius * Mexico * Micronesia * Moldova * Mongolia * Morocco * Myanmar * Namibia * Nepal * Nicaragua * Nigreia * Palestinian Authority * Panama * Papua New Guinea * Paraguay * Peru * Philippines * Poland * Romania * Russia * Rwanda * Senegal * Seychelles Islands * Singapore * Slovakia * Somalia * South Africa * South Korea * Sri Lanka *Swaziland * Tadjikistan * Tanzania * Thailand * Togo * Tonga * Tunisia * Turkey * Turkmenistan * Uganda * Ukraine * United States * Uruguay * Uzbekistan * Venezuela * Vietnam * Yugosloslavia * Zaire * Zambia * Zimbabwe </div></div>
Thanks for this.
I never denied the Holocaust, I pointed out that despite the attention and constant references to it, it wasn't the only or most recent example of genocide and none of the instances get anything near the awareness or vigilance that it does.
Thanks for the reference to the statement. I never saw or heard of this statement when I was reading about the events of Kosovo or Rwanda. If you can post any links I'd be grateful. These events are of interest to me from a history student perspective and it seems there're serious gaps in my knowledge.
Cheers
