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Obama indirectly mentions the genocide today

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  • Obama indirectly mentions the genocide today

    For Holocaust Rememberance day, Obama gave this speech in the Rotunda, where he indirectly mentioned the Armenian Genocide (and yes i know he's not gonna recognize it this year, i'm just pointing this out)

    "We gather today to mourn the loss of so many lives and celebrate those who saved them, honor those who survived, and contemplate the obligations of the living," he said. "It is the grimmest of ironies that one of the most savage, barbaric acts of evil in history began in one of the most modernized societies of its time, where so many markers of human progress became tools of human depravity.

    "Science that can heal, used to kill. Education that can enlighten, used to rationalize away basic moral impulses. The bureaucracy that sustains modern life, used as the machinery of mass death, a ruthless, chillingly efficient system where many were responsible for the killing, but few got actual blood on their hands."

    The president also paid tribute to those who tried to save xxxs and others, including five "righteous men and women" from Poland. "We are awed by your acts of courage and conscience. And your presence today compels each of us to ask ourselves whether we would have done what you did. We can only hope that the answer is yes," he said.

    And he assailed those who deny the Holocaust happened and further hatred and intolerance.

    "Today and every day we have an opportunity as well as an obligation to confront these scourges, to fight the impulse to turn the channel when we see images that disturb us or wrap ourselves in the false comfort that others sufferings are not our own," he said.

    "Instead we have the opportunity to make a habit of empathy, to recognize ourselves in each other, to commit ourselves to resisting injustice and intolerance and indifference in whatever forms they may take, whether confronting those who tell lies about history or doing everything we can to prevent and end atrocities like those that took place in Rwanda, those taking place in Darfur. That is my commitment as president. I hope that is yours as well."

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    Re: Obama indirectly mentions the genocide today

    He's probably reffering to Ahmak-icad!
    "All truth passes through three stages:
    First, it is ridiculed;
    Second, it is violently opposed; and
    Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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      Re: Obama indirectly mentions the genocide today

      Obama promised to recognize our past but all we can see is him flirting around. Let's see what flutters out of the American ambassador's mouth tomorrow at Tsitsernakaberd! I'll be your live Armenian corespondent, lol.
      THE ROAD TO FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IS A LONG ONE!

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        Re: Obama indirectly mentions the genocide today

        Originally posted by Saco View Post
        Obama promised to recognize our past but all we can see is him flirting around. Let's see what flutters out of the American ambassador's mouth tomorrow at Tsitsernakaberd! I'll be your live Armenian corespondent, lol.
        Obama is a politician...you can't tell where their loyalties lie until they act or refuse to act.

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          Re: Obama indirectly mentions the genocide today

          True!
          THE ROAD TO FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IS A LONG ONE!

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