I hate to be serious because I am finding a lot of the joking posts on here really funny. Esp the Hitler Rap one.
Personally I leaned about all those in school - here in Ontario. Maybe I just went to a better school.
In University and my own personal studies I chose to focus on "Hitlers Holocaust" - Which I think is a little distasteful to call the Jewish Holocoaust as many other people of different races (not that being Jewish is really a race anyway), religions, political standpoints, disabilities, and preferences were involved. However, it can be argued that Jewish people were the main target and consisted of the largest impact.
but yes, in University we were more than welcomed to try to form a supported thesis against literature on the Holocaust. I would say many people have failed because it actually did happen and did have significant relavence. It pisses me off when people say that we shouldn't be studying the Holocaust because other autrocities have happened - well fuck - maybe we should just be studying ALL of them. Why wouldn't we encourage scholars and people from Jewish organizations to get together and try to teach tolerance and the avoidance of genocide . . . just cuz it happened to other people to? If people feel so stongly about other genocides then they should start putting the same kind of money and attention into learning about them too but you don't need to stop the education of the Jewish side in order to do that - don't you see a bit of anti-semitism in that?
You wouldn't tell someone from Rowanda to shut up about their story and stop educating people, just because there was an Armenian genocide too. So why is it okay when we say that to Jewish people? I know the poster above did not say or imply that. I am simply talking about people who do because that is a common thing said when it comes to Jewish history.
I do agree though that there should be tons of research on all genocides. And people should esp look at the genocides within their own country and see if there is a fair amount of knowledge on that and if they hold prejudice when they think of it. What propaganda might be going on there? For example - First Nations people in Canada.
Okay people stop me whenever you want. I know this is a sex board not a heavy issue board. I just get bored inbetween responding to PMs. I love a good debate.
I too love a good debate.
The prime reason we do not hear about other genocides, is beacue people have gotten over them. No one holds anyone hostage, and makes the current generation feel guilty consistently as the Jews do to the Germans. The holocaust has become a central focus of Jewish ethnic groups. Which is strange, as Jews have been exiled, and perscucated since antiquity. See list:
http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/expelled.htm
Thus why solely focus on Germans?
Secondly Germanic tribes also got rid of the Roman invaders, like Spain got rid of the Moors. Did the Germans of old not have a claim to the land of their ancestors? To expell people of a foreign culture, who refused to assimilate, and had amassed much of the wealth? Keep the land and its wealth for their own offspring? Keep in mind there was no political correctness in pre WW2 Germany.
To say otherwise is contradictory to evolutionary theory. Ethnic groups compete for resources, and that has been the prime cause of many genocides.
Currently Jews are quite keen on keeping Israel a Jewish state, with Jewish customs, and represent Jewish interests. Why should others be condemned for doing the same?
I disagree with the fact that Jewish organizations consistantly remind us of the holoucaust to teach "tolerance", as much as to convince others of their moral bankrupcy. Creating movies which feature Jews killing Germans does not help people become more tolerent; it inflames others. Demanding reperations from the current generations hard work also does not help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reparations_Agreement_between_Israel_and_West_Germany
Again not to condone Hitler, or the Nazi's. What happened in Germany was an expression of the very human instinct to favor one's ethnic group, to ensure the survival of the group.
I am quite sure if a foreign group immigrated to Japan, and amassed much of their wealth, while the Japanese were living in poverty, a similar situation would ensue.