ControlledBurn
2004.05.03, 1742
http://www.defenddemocracy.org/in_the_media/in_the_media_show.htm?doc_id=223958&attrib_id=7378
Promote this idea even if you're savvy enough to know it can never happen – just as Hindus can never re-settle in what is today Muslim Pakistan, just as Greek Christians can never re-settle in what is today Muslim Turkey, just as the million Jews forced to flee from Arab countries after World War II can never return to what were, for centuries, their homes.
I especially like this set of lines, considering I'll never be able to see the land where my great grandfather and his family lived, since it now belongs to the turks.
Promote this idea even if you're savvy enough to know it can never happen – just as Hindus can never re-settle in what is today Muslim Pakistan, just as Greek Christians can never re-settle in what is today Muslim Turkey, just as the million Jews forced to flee from Arab countries after World War II can never return to what were, for centuries, their homes.
I especially like this set of lines, considering I'll never be able to see the land where my great grandfather and his family lived, since it now belongs to the turks.