Monday, April 23, 2012
Essay
For my "Being Silenced" essay I have chosen to concentrate on the Armenian Genocide and how denial of the existence of the event continues to silence an entire people even today. While researching about the Armenian Genocide I came across a somewhat disturbing idea. The Armenian Genocide took place around the year 1915, which is when World War 1 was becoming a major event in the world. Some Turkish scholars and politicians insist the civilian Armenian population welcomed and aided forces invading the Ottoman Empire (which formed the Republic of Turkey), and therefore can be considered traitors and sent to death. This disturbs me because women and children were slain as often as men of a fighting age. If the Armenian men were in fact aiding and fighting alongside invading forces I would understand bringing punishment to those people, but punishing women and children for the actions of others seems unjust. Is this a sound enough argument against the Armenian Genocide to deny its existence? These are some of the ideas thatI will investigate further in my essay.
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I am glad you chose this topic. This is another issue I am really interested in and passionate about that I think needs to be brought to others attention. We always talk about the Jewish genocide but fail to recognize this case maybe because the Turks are still in denial!
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