April 24, 2012Today is in remembrance of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. 1.5 million Armenians were annihilated from their own homeland. Never forget!
“The first Genocide of the 20th century, almost an entire nation was destroyed. The Armenian people were effectively eliminated from the homeland they had occupied for nearly three thousand years. This annihilation was premeditated and planned to be carried out under the cover of war.
During the night of April 23-24, 1915, Armenian political, religious, educational, and intellectual leaders in Istanbul were arrested, deported to the interior, and mercilessly put to death. Next, the Turkish government ordered the deportation of the Armenian people to “relocation centers” – actually to the barren deserts of Syria and Mesopotamia. The Armenians were driven out brutally from the length and breadth of the empire. Secrecy, surprise, deception, torture, dehumanization, rape and pillage were all a part of the process.”
It really pisses me off, that the Armenian Genocide still hasn’t been recongnized in the US and numerous other countries. You know whats worse? That our people, just go march and protest once a year, and only once. Did you know that every year the SoCal Armenian community goes in front of the Turkish Consulate in Hollywood, and protests. But did you know, that that day, the workers don’t even come in to work? We are just yelling at an empty building. We need to take action. Write to our congress men, governors, and even President Obama. Denying the lost lives of 1.5 MILLION Armenians is a huge slap in the face to those that died, their families, and the Armenian community. We need to stand up and take action and not protest once a year!
