In class today a fellow student made this comment, "If the new generations are brought up with love, peace and respect for life, the hope of unity between all mankind will mean a bright future free from prejudice and strife." I totally agree, it all starts with children and how they are raised and what they are taught. As crazy as Adolph Hitler was, he was smart enough to know that as well, hence the formation of Hitler's Youth and the implementation of teaching practices that taught German kids that Jewish people were bad.
This fact really made me think about the current events of today. With the population of this planet approaching 7 billion people it is impossible to rid Earth of all political or religious extremists such as Hitler, Hussein, Bin Laden or Ahmadinejad, but we have to try. Sometimes by force, yes, but also by education. If we can teach as many youths as we can to embrace other's cultural, religious, political and personal beliefs we can say we attempted to make a difference. We have to teach them that you don't always have to agree with a person, but you should respect the fact that they might have a different opinion than you. If we don't try to educate young people, extremists will continue to pass down their extreme beliefs to the youths of their current followers.
This fact really made me think about the current events of today. With the population of this planet approaching 7 billion people it is impossible to rid Earth of all political or religious extremists such as Hitler, Hussein, Bin Laden or Ahmadinejad, but we have to try. Sometimes by force, yes, but also by education. If we can teach as many youths as we can to embrace other's cultural, religious, political and personal beliefs we can say we attempted to make a difference. We have to teach them that you don't always have to agree with a person, but you should respect the fact that they might have a different opinion than you. If we don't try to educate young people, extremists will continue to pass down their extreme beliefs to the youths of their current followers.
Hitler
Saddam
Can the next one be prevented?
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