An Awkward Little Thought

Reading history is one of the most depressing things a person can do, because it forces one to realize that for as long as humans have been recording their activities, they have been making the same mistakes over and over again. A perfect example is the current genocide in Darfur:  this is nothing new to the world. The world stood by as the Turks massacred the Armenians; it stood by while Nazi Germany killed millions of Jews, blacks and handicapped persons. The world stood idly by while 800,000+ were slaughtered in Rwanda. And in each case, when all is said and done and people have the chance the wrap their heads around these atrocities, each nation that did nothing has the joy of explaining their inaction over the following decades. Yet, here we are, in the same exact situation, standing idly by once again. What's going to be the excuse this time?