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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
Where does "sad and pathetic" end, though? I considered myself to be pretty well-read regarding most "struggles" experienced, because I read like a demon and had a family that regularly discussed current and historical events, from slavery and Civil Rights to the Holocaust and the Cambodian Genocide.
It wasn't until I got to college, when I learned (from friends of other cultures) about things like the Turkish atrocities against the Armenians. Does my lack of knowledge about the Armenian Genocide make me "sad and pathetic?"  |
I took a course specifically about Genocide through the ages in college and I swear the insight into "how could regular people let this happen" that I gained is something I really valued about that course.
/hijack