For a while Armenians and Turks lived in harmony in the Ottoman empire for years. During these years, Armenians weren’t equal and had to deal with certain hardships, but they were pretty well accepted and there was little conflict. Things began to change for a number of reasons. Nationalism, made ethnic groupings self-conscious, and the Ottoman Empire began to fall. The only thing holding the Ottoman Empire together was the European powers disagreement on …showed first 75 words of 659 total…

…showed last 75 words of 659 total…is adding insult to injury and will cause bad feelings to continue much longer than it would if they had just admitted there was a genocide. Those who say forget about it, it is in the past are wrong. Unless crimes like this are faced up to and the consequences are felt, they will be committed again and again by people who do not fear prosecution or justice just like a guy named Adolf Hitler.