I have to be honest - I never heard of the massacres/genoicide of the Armenians in the early 20th Century. My laziness is partly to blame for my lack of knowledge about this subject. I mean, we live in a culture where we are wrapped up in our own lives, that we forget to put emphasis on the "pursuit of knowledge". Not necessarily what we learn in school to become adequete to practice in our perspective majors/professions - because life is more then studying film, journalism and art.
I believe acquiring knowledge of history is very important. There is a famous quote that says, "You'll never know where you are going unless you understand where you have been". And, information is readily available to us. We have the internet, books, laptop computers, cell phones with the internet. I mean, the access to information is at our fingertips - yet, we are not smarter, wiser or more knowledgeable.
Why is that?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Are we not trying? Are we not all in this class, rather than another class?
As for me, I am eager to learn about this tragedy. And, this blog has prodded me to look up the topic. All we need is a nudge...
*By eager, I don't mean to sound like I am trivializing the subject. I apologize if that's how it came off.
Post a Comment