I’m feeling particularly negative tonight, so I thought we might play a game.
Every one gets one nomination of a place name they consider to be synonymous with mans inhumanity to man. Please provide a cite and/or description and the reason/s for your choice.
I’ll start.
Wounded Knee:
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_043700_woundedkneem.htm
There were worse Indian massacres in the west but this was the last and IMO therefor most poignant.
Because of their predominance in history I’d just as soon exclude cites related to the Holocaust (just seems to easy) but I’ll leave that up to y’all.