ALMOST PUBLISHED

Letters to Metro

on Friday, Nov. 2, Steve Kalka wrote a letter to the Metro newspaper saying that the term "Genocide" should not be applied loosely to the Armenians, and that we should consider whether their deaths were simply the result of war or if it really was a systematically planned extermination of a race. I wrote in a response which Metro asked for permission to publish (I got prematurely excited), but unfortunately, I didn't make the cut. Apparently, they'd rather hear from someone who far exceeded their word limit ranting about saving the South Village from commercial developers.

Almost published:
Steve Kalka ("'Genocide' not to be applied loosely") questions whether the massacre of the Armenians during WWI can actually be deemed 'genocide.' Countless genocide historians have already affirmed this term, citing detailed documentation between 1914-1939 from United States and European ambassadors, journalists, photographers, and missionaries, up to Adolf Hitler, who stated prior to invading Poland, "After all, who today speaks of the annihilation of the Armenians," all documenting the full intent of the Ottoman Turks to exterminate the Armenian people. The term "Genocide," rather than being applied loosely, is inarguably and undeniably the only term that is appropriate.