Monday, February 20, 2006

On the continuing misery in Darfur

By EMMA ELLIS


The Holocaust. Rwanda. The Armenian genocide. These words evoke thoughts of ineffable death and suffering. After these tragedies, the world vowed "never again." Genocide is a problem of the past, right? But what about Darfur? Do you even know where it is?

In Darfur people are being systematically eliminated. However, only a fraction of what could be done to help has been done. The general public is not demanding further action, but we are the very group that could make the difference.

The time is long passed when we could say that just because it isn't happening to us it is not our problem. Genocide is the world's problem. Read more >>>>

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