Focus (Forum & Focus)
Oct. 17, 2007
Defining Devastation
Forum Column - By Stan Goldman - President Bush's decision to oppose recognition of a resolution condemning the Armenian genocide is just the latest salvo in a fight for human rights that is as long as history itself.
By Stan Goldman
History is a nightmare from which I am attempting to awaken" - James Joyce, "Ulysses"
Like any good lawyer, Raphael Lemkin was searching for just the right word - a word that he hoped would make a difference. Though a Jew, he had risen high as a prosecutor in 1930s Poland until his outspoken advocacy of human rights cost him his position. When the wa...
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