An acrostic poem about the brutality seemingly inherent in Mankind. |
Great cruelty and hatred within Mankind hide. European Holocaust, Bosnia, Rwanda, Darfur -- Names of some occurring within my lifetime. Older victims included our Native Americans. Cambodia, Bangladesh, China, the USSR – Innocents were slaughtered there without mercy. Does no limit exist for atrocities Man will commit? Emotions overwhelm all reason, all restraint. So many millions have suffered and died… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Recent to Past Genocides Conducted by Mankind: Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1992-1995 - 200,000 Deaths Rwanda: 1994 - 800,000+ Deaths Pol Pot in Cambodia: 1975-1979 - 2,000,000 Deaths Nazi Holocaust: 1938-1945 - 6,000,000 Jewish / 10,000,000+ Total Deaths Rape of Nanking: 1937-1938 - 300,000 Deaths Stalin's Forced Famine: 1932-1933 - 7,000,000 Deaths Armenians in Turkey: 1915-1918 - 1,500,000 Deaths Current Genocide: Darfur: 2003-ongoing - 400,000+ Deaths With More Added Daily Please check out my ten books: http://www.amazon.com/Jr.-Harry-E.-Gilleland/e/B004SVLY02/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 |