Genocide

Genocide. The organized mass murder of large numbers of innocent people. The most infamous genocide was the holocaust and lasted from 1939 to 1945. During that time 10 to 11 million innocent civilians lost their lives. Not to the bombing, not to the invading armies, but the hate and the racism. the 10 to 11 million people included Jews, Romani, Soviet prisoners of war, homosexuals, the disabled and political enemies. From 1939 to 1945 these people were treated like they were unworthy of life. They were hunted down and slaughtered like animals and lost every they owned and all of their rights. But the Second World War is over now right? So everything is ok? Sadly that is not true. Genocide has continued to plague human civilization. In Rwanda and Sudan genocide continued to claim lives. People sadly have not learned from the example set by WWII nor from Sudan or Rwanda. Genocide needs to stopped!

Genocide needs to be stopped because it ignores ALL of the Human Rights set by the United Nations. "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person."-article 3 of the UDHR. During genocide people are killed by the millions and live in fear. "All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination."-UDHR article 7. During genocide people are killed for absolutely no reason at all.

People nowadays are very much against the bio-industry where animals are treated horrible and kept in cruelly small cages. Genocide is so much worse. Its like the bio-industry, only for humans. And instead of the goal being to make a ton of money the goal is to wipe out a certain race. Even though they the bio-industry and genocide are two different things the roles of the people involved are surprisingly similar. Both systems have a "victim". In the case of the bio-industry the "victims" are the pigs, the the chickens, the cows, and the other animals, who are mutilated,have horrible living conditions and are treated inhumanely. In the case of genocide the "victim" is whoever is being picked on. They are herding into crowded barracks, tortured on a regular basis, and are forced to do hard work, and in general are treated inhumanely. The "boss" is the one making profit and is the one making the plans. In the bio-industry the "boss" would be the boss of the corporation would is swimming in pools of money. During genocide the "boss" is the person in power who orders the soldiers to round up the "victims" and profits from his actions because his enemies are being wiped out. Then there is the "worker". In the bio-industry the "worker" is the farmer who does the dirty work. He/she mutilates the animals, treats them badly, and stuffs the animals into tight living areas. The "worker" is doing what he/she is told to do and does not question it. In genocide the "workers" are the guards at the camp who run it, torture and kill the inmates, and follow orders without question. Often these guards do not have a choice but to do as they are told. Then there is the "ignorant civilian" who does not know what the corporation/government is really doing and willingly believes all of the pretty tales and propaganda the corporation/government tells them. Not only are these horrible things happening, but truth is often altered by the sources to make it hidden or seem moral. "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment"-UDHR article. This treatment of fellow humans is not only immoral and illegal, it is unnecessary! The cruel treatment of the "victim" is NOT the fault of the "worker". Even if the "worker" were to become dissident and refuse to do his/her work, the "worker" would become a "victim" and another "worker" would take his/her place. The cruel treatment is the fault of the "boss", but also the fault of the "ignorant civilian". The "ignorant civilian" allows him/herself to be easily fooled by the governments propaganda. It is the "ignorant civilian" who allows him/herself to forget his/her morals and let them be replaced by that of the government. It is the "ignorant civilian" who has the power to stop what is happening at any time, provided someone finds out what really is happening. People need to realize what is happening so we can stop the inhumane treatment of fellow humans.

Genocide doesn't only have a negative effect on its victims, it also greatly effects regular people living in that area that are not targeted by the genocide. Those non-targeted people lose friends who are targeted and may see how their friends are forcefully removed from their homes. Not only did that person just lose a friend but he probably just acquired a trauma from that experience. Also those non-targeted people are still targeted by something else, propaganda. They receive a large bombardment of racist propaganda which dehumanizes the group targeted by the genocide. Those civilians who are not being hunted are being told 24/7 who the enemy is and how badly they should treat them. This creates a racist society and completely destroys the old morals of the people.

In Sudan so far 400.000 people have lost their lives and many have been affected since 2003. In Rwanda 500,000 - 1 million people were killed over a course of about 100 days. During the Holocaust 10-11 million people lost their lives over a course of 6 years. Genocide also occurred in many other places these were only a few examples. All of these people died because of one thing, genocide. It seems like genocide is an unstoppable monster striking places at random, tearing apart and ending lives. But this "monster" is surprisingly easy to defeat as it only gets its power from a single source. Take away that source, and genocide is gone. The source, the root of genocide is racism. If we can eliminate racism, then we stop genocide from happening again and again and again... Once we realize that nothing good ever comes out genocide and that we are all equal whether we be Black, White, Asian, poor or rich, straight or homosexual, or anything else for that matter. We are all human