friday marks a rather ugly day in history - the massacre of approximately 100,000 jews in soviet russia in 1940 at babi yar outside of kiev.
the link above refers to a rather well-written and historically accurate article - to the best of my knowledge - and is somewhat a rarity for the AP in describing nazi atrocities.
one passage stuck out in particular:
"Today, the ravine is part of a popular park, and Jewish leaders say
they are frustrated that children still play soccer and couples picnic where tens of thousands were massacred."
i can understand the necessity of honoring victims who died in such an ingenuous and dastardly fashion, but wouldn't the best way to remember them be to observe laughter and happiness in a place that once brought so much misery to so many people?
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seems so to me, but perhaps I'm too removed from such atrocities to say what the best monument may be.
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