EU Greases Their Slippery Slope

[TheMercenary]

Ask the French. They are experts at cowardice.

[9th Engineer]

In an attempt to assuage Turkish fears, several EU diplomats said the provisions would not penalise the denial of mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman troops in the aftermath of the 1915 collapse of the Ottoman empire. Turkey strongly rejects claims that this episode amounted to genocide.

Why the hell should that be held in exception?? Reeks pretty bad to me

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

Why the hell should that be held in exception?? Reeks pretty bad to me

Because they won. They are allowed to write the history and chose to write there was no genocide. At the time, they probably felt they were right, so that's the history they stick to.
This is not unusual, every country has skeletons in the closet..some of those closets are huge, too. But I find it tough to condemn people for what their ancestors did. look what it did for the Hatfields and McCoys.

Passing a law that it's illegal to deny the holocaus is pretty shaky, but making trivializing illegal is telling people how they should feel... how important it should be to them? Thought police? Homogenizing Europe sucks.