Holocaust Reminder

Iran hosted a conference last month that questioned whether Holocaust really happened or is it just a myth.
Israel’s Holocaust memorial has launched a version of its Web site in Farsi and an Arabic version is on its way. I applaud Israel’s relentless effort in revealing the horror and treatment of Jews by Nazi Germany over 65 years ago.

I’m also reminded of other genocides, ethnic cleansing, and autocratic tyrannical reign of governments over its own people, either currently going on or not too long ago.

Who will speak for them? Who would put an end to hunger, poverty, spread of HIV, child labor, and religious conflicts? Are we ever, as a human race, able to triumph over ignorance, superstition, discrimination, prejudice, bigotry, fanaticism, and radical blind religious convictions?

I’m hopeful one day we might, but it won’t be in my life time. My god, there are so many more wrongs that I like to see corrected.

On top of my wishes is the abolishment of chauvinistic authoritarian practices in most radically religious countries by educating those thickhead misogynist madrasa converts and spread of women rights in most those third world countries and some not so third world.

No blood diamonds either, so you know my last movie too. Since I’m on a roll, let’s all pledge to do our part about the global warming and ozone layer depletion. I have not followed up on the cows’ methane producing excrements and its direct effect on the ozone layer, so I have no opinion on that, but I will look in to it, for sure.

My last immediate wish is to bring the price of tortilla bread (and yellow corn) down so that Mexicans that don’t make it over the border don’t go hungry.

So, which holocaust is worse? Is any disaster, man made or natural, any less heart wrenching than another?

We catch, prosecute, and dish out punishment on perpetrators. How come we never blame God for his part? Couldn’t he prevent the holocaust, any of the genocides, or other man made atrocities?

I had a lot on my mind that I tried to squeeze in one post. I like to mention that in no time, I was trying to make light of the Holocaust that the Jews endured or trying to compare it with any other disaster or event at another time. Every event, an all the items I’ve mentioned or touched upon (even the images) are separate major discussion and topics and deserve their own attention without bundling them into one space. Please forgive my writing style and cynicism as in no way I mean to offend anyone or any group.

Although, I’ll argue that the Muslims who go out on day of Ashura (some time this month) and inflict pain and injury on themselves are perhaps a little misguided. Read about Day of Ashura for yourself.

I was glad to learn that this practice was banned in Iran in 1934, but probably it’s back and encouraged under the current political system. I'm glad that girls are more sensible about it.