Turks march in Paris against genocide billBy Elaine Ganley in Paris From: AP January 22, 2012
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/turks-march-in-paris-against-genocide-bill/story-e6frea73-1226250627385 (http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/turks-march-in-paris-against-genocide-bill/story-e6frea73-1226250627385)
THOUSANDS of Turks from across Europe marched through Paris today denouncing a bill that would make it a crime to deny that the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide.The measure would make it a crime to deny that mass killings of Armenians in 1915 by Ottoman Turks constitute genocide. It sets a punishment of up to one year in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros ($56,793) for those who deny or "outrageously minimise" the killings - putting such action on par with denial of the Holocaust. [more ... (http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/turks-march-in-paris-against-genocide-bill/story-e6frea73-1226250627385)]
Comment:It wasn't just genocide, it was a
Holocaust!
Actually, you notice that the wording of the original article and probably the French law itself is carefully crafted so that it makes reference to the Jews and their Holohoax as if it is the King of genocides. Anything else is insignificant by comparison (in the eyes of the Jew).
Actually, if this new law helps to keep Turkey out of the EU, then it can be very useful to us. And now that the Armenian genocide by Turks is enshrined in law, how about according our Greek brothers and sisters who suffered through the same horrendous events at the same time, the same recognition? http://www.greek-genocide.org (http://www.greek-genocide.org)
@Cailen.
And while we're making genocide denial illegal, we must not forget the Holodomor. http://www.holodomorct.org (http://www.holodomorct.org)
http://www.holodomor.org.uk (http://www.holodomor.org.uk) The campaign for the UK government to recognise the Holdomor, or genocidal famine, of 1932-33 in Ukraine as genocide.