Few words stir up an absolute
condemnation: Massacre.
Ruthless,
indiscriminate slaughter fills one with such disgust and abhorrence that such
an act is never forgotten. Never.
Below is a rapid-fire
list:
Herod’s slaughter of the innocents following Christ’s birth
Over six million victims in the Holocaust camps during Hitler’s campaign of horror
Stalin’s purge in Russia
Slaughter of Armenians
Tomorrow’s post will move on to “N”. What possibly get worse than this particular
subject?
wow i wasn't expecting this---such horrible things, one cannot or at least i begin to imagine
ReplyDeleteSometimes God lays something on my heart, and this was it.
DeleteHuman are capable of such atrocities.
ReplyDeleteEvil and Good, humans are capable to doing both.
DeleteGreed and religion, sadly the leading cause of most atrocities.
ReplyDeleteAnd a nutball behind them of course
DeleteIt always takes that evil, unstable, twisted individual to start it all. Then he has to gather minions who agree with him and take orders.
DeleteAnd they continue to be, and even in our own country.
ReplyDeleteEvil exists in every society. Identifying and containing such is the challenge.
DeleteHere we have another one today. It is so heartbreaking.
DeleteI could only think of Nuclear. -- What interesting posts you come up with. Being familiar with war and peace in your sock drawer, I am not surprised.
ReplyDeleteGood addition. Nuclear massacre is one that will never fade into history.
DeleteGreat word. "Massacre" holds some pretty hefty negative connotations, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteDropping bombs on the middle eastern countries and on women and children? And we're not even in a war now, are we? And what are all those acres and acres and acres of plastic coffins doing throughout Missouri? Oh that is for when we're IN war.
ReplyDeleteYes, a very sobering word, and hopefully one that still carries much weight. I know we get desensitized to many things in the modern world, but not this.
ReplyDeleteHi Susan,
ReplyDeleteYou would of thought humanity might start to live in peace, in harmony. And now, as I type this, the tragedy in Boston.
In peace and hope,
Gary
Worthy........& thoughtful xxx
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize so many Armenians were slaughtered. One can only imagine how many babies Herod killed.
ReplyDeleteStalin was the worst in terms of scale - killed way more than Hitler.
ReplyDeleteIt's a horrible thing.
It's hard thinking about these things. I have no point of reference as to why these things happened.
ReplyDeleteHi just stopping by from the A to Z Challenge, to say that I have set up a link to your blog from my post today http://wp.me/p2Eu3u-lx
ReplyDeleteOh Susan, this is a heart-hurting post. Just the same, these things should never, ever be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Arleen and Gary about the tragedy in Boston. From the massacres you depicted to the explosion yesterday, there are so many unnecessary evils in this world.
ReplyDeleteJulie
It's hard to differentiate between killings, but when you think of whole governments doing this as part of their legislature, as opposed to one crazed person - it's a different sort of chilling.
ReplyDeleteThe world can be a cruel and ugly place when you put people in charge.
ReplyDeleteLee
An A to Z Co-Host
Tossing It Out