Three Examples of Genocide

From the time humans existed, hatred seemed to be the dominant trait

that possessed the souls of men. It was inevitable emotions could provoke

people to engage in acts without thinking; but it was the acts that were

premeditated which were classified as evil and brutal. A. M. Rosenthal, the

author of No News From Auschwitz, described a single moment in history where

these kinds of acts were invoked. This appalling endeavor is known as genocide

which is the deliberate destruction of a national, racial or a religious group

(Winston Dictionary). Genocide is universal rather than limited to one time and

one group of people.

The Catholics in Ireland were being threatened and eliminated by the

Puritans. The typical Irish lifestyle came to an abrupt halt during the

sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (Lewis 9). In 1641, the Norman-Irish, who

were worried that their lands would be lost, and the native Irish, who were

forced to accept an unfamiliar culture, rebelled (Lewis 9). In 1649, Oliver

Cromwell, leader of the Parliamentarians in the English Civil war, lead the

Puritans into a bloodbath against the Catholics (Lewis 9). "He did it brutally,

massacring the Irish without mercy and called the large scale killing ‘the

righteous judgements and mighty works of God'" (Meyer 78). Thousands of

Catholics preferred to suffer and die than deny their faith (Firth 10). By the

middle of the seventeenth century, the Protestants settled on the land they

seized from the Catholics and the Catholics were forced to colonize in towns

which clung to wild coastlines with dangerous tides (Meyer 78). The differences

between the lives of the Catholics and Protestants were clear and the foundation

for their troubles had been laid (Mey...

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so the parents do not develop an emotional bond. Their lifeless bodies are

wrapped in a thin cloth and are buried like meaningless possessions (Chow).

These cruel acts took place without the government's knowledge. This phenomenon

is not as frequent as it was when the law was first introduced.

Undoubtably, genocide is an inhumane course of action chosen by

irrational individuals. The bloodshed of the Puritans against the Catholics,

Turks against the Armenians, and the Chinese parents against their very own

flesh and blood were only a few examples of the numerous situations of this sort

of calamity. Indeed, it was evident genocide has no boundaries, and was not

confined to a specific moment in history or one category of people. It is sad

but true, the beliefs of one person could eliminate the existence of people with

different denominations.