Never Again

An expression inscribed on many monuments as a reminder of the atrocities of the Holocaust, "Never Again" are the words being uttered repeatedly from the mouths of World leaders gathered at Auschwitz today to commemorate it's liberation 60 years ago. Auschwitz sits as a grim reminder of the cruelty humankind is capable of, but have we already forgotten?

The term genocide may have been brought to our collective consciousness after the Holocaust, but the act has been around for centuries and is alive and well in the world today. How can we stand up and say never again as millions are attacked, forced to flee their homes and slaughtered in the Darfur region of Sudan? Just yesterday, an entire village was destroyed leaving 7,000 people homeless and countless dead. As the World sits by. The UN still hasn't decided if it's officially "genocide," but not to worry, they're releasing a report next week--just what the people need, a report. The US has officially classified it as genocide, and is lobbying for sanctions. Sanctions are a long way from "never again."


"What experience and history teach is this - that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it."-- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

"If we do not learn from history, we shall be compelled to relive it. True. But if we do not change the future, we shall be compelled to endure it. And that could be worse."-- Alvin Toffler

posted by Sarai @ 2:05 PM