Genocide: Worse Than War Summary

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Daniel Goldhagen, professor of government and social studies, mentions in his film “Genocide: Worse Than War” that Genocide, deliberate killing of a large group of people, is not “inevitable”. The way which this word is used delineates that this option is the one that individuals of political power have decided to execute; in fact, “inevitable” represents a decision that was chosen and utilized to mentally and physically prepare those individuals who support the clause. Therefore, Goldhagen believes that the ideas that the community have about committing genocide can be avoided, he mentions, “People need to understand that nothing is inevitable about genocide. It boils down to a series of choices.”(7:17). This quote depicts Goldhagen’s ideology, …show more content…
I interpreted this information as injustice that has not been entirely addressed over time and in most cases simply covered up the details by refusing to answer inquiries about the topic. Furthermore, this evidence further corroborates my belief that genocide is a serious issue because we can visualize, the deaths of the innocent out of the ideology of improving a race or attain a personal merit. Another genocide that is remarkable in history is the Armenian Genocide which like the others occurred because of a political issue; more specifically the collapse of the government which required scapegoats to pin the blame on. This other example of genocide killed off 1.5 million innocent individuals all for the sake of keeping balance and order, which I sincerely find unfair and a method of deceiving the people; therefore, making me really skeptical about the government of the Ottoman Empire. Furthermore, the fact that this government is negligent of the killing and don’t call their actions genocide, but used the war as an excuse. This comes to show that the murderers come to disregard claims about committing immoral actions which is surprising because instead of addressing their mistakes people tend to want to avoid the confrontation and try to ignore or blame another group/event which led to the process of annihilation. In conclusion, opinions play a huge role in asserting the genocide cases but when someone does not admit their flaws those assertions can not be corrected for the better and instead leave a intentional or unintentional
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