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Armenia, Turkey Sign AccordPosted on Oct 10, 2009
Despite a last-minute hitch, Turkey and Armenia signed an agreement normalizing relations. The accord comes almost a century after the killing of hundreds of thousands of Armenians in 1915, an action for which Turkey denies responsibility. Under the agreement, a panel of independent historians will study the genocide issue.
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By Jean Gerard, October 10, 2009 at 12:20 pm Link to this comment
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By now the world is heavy with holocausts and every country can find at least one in its history that has never been formally confessed or forgiven. Religions have often made provision for forgiveness of personal sins,sort of, but no process for states has been formalized and instituted. Instead, a few leaders are held responsible under international laws—one small step for mankind, as they say.
Report thisAn essential part of South Africa’s reconciliation was confession of wrongs, and it seems to have helped. Many Germans, Japanese, Americans and other individuals from offending nations have apologized. While it may relieve their personal souls it doesn’t go far toward prevention of future crimes. Paying money as recompense doesn’t do a lot, either, though maybe it’s better than nothing. Truth is, working toward prevention of holocausts is far superior to apologies or payments after the fact.
Through the long history of human beings the trend is, gradually, toward prevention through understanding and tolerance. If not, none of us would be here.