What I would like to go on record for is noting that what occurred in this body 2 weeks ago regarding the passage of a simple commemorative resolution is a startling disregard for the historical record. House Joint Resolution 247 was to commemorate a Day of Mans Inhumanity to Man. especially noting the massacres of the Armenian people during 191520. by the Ottoman Turks. Although there were objections on a variety of grounds. the most disturbing was the claim that the resolution was undocumented and inaccurate. Now the passage of a commemorative resolution is a small thing. but ignoring the truth Is not. Richard Cohen. a columnist ior the Washington Post wrote. "to control the present and shape the future. you have to first alter the pasttake possession of It and rob It of its lessons." It is a point worth pondering. and one totalitarian governments understand well.
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