Originally Posted by blackmercedes

What Hitler did was a drop in the bucket compared to the total number of people wiped out by genocide in the last 100 years. But, it was very visual, and if nothing, highlighted what "western" nations are capable of.

So, why don't we get upset when it happens to a bunch of poor black people in Africa? We just call it "civil war" when it happens now. We pull out the "atrocities" card when we please, like in Iraq.

There are men that are much more evil than Hitler was, and they walk free.

As to the topic, well, what about parents? We seem to expect our kids to get 99.99% of their knowledge from the school. Hello, folks, they spend about 23 hours a week in class. Take away 56 hours a week for sleeping, and you've got 89 hours left. Somewhere in that 89 hours, people could perhaps help educate their own children. I remember this woman that wanted to sue the school system 'cause her grade six kid couldn't read. She found that out when the kid was 12? It took her that long to notice her kid couldn't READ? If your kids graduate from high school and you don't think they learned enough history, go ahead, show some initiative, and help them learn some. You might have to ban the X-box for an evening, boo-hoo.