Genocide takes many forms … some kill long before death

We still get questions about Darfur. Recently I wore my “Darfur” T-shirt out and received quite an interesting response. Once the significance for wearing such a shirt was explained the response was, “I did not know anything about that.” Our local paper, The Daily Oklahoman, carried a piece by Michael Gerson (though I had to find it online elsewhere) titled, A different kind of genocide. The short article is very hard to read, and not for the style but the content. The quotes that may compel you to read, then act –

“The idea is to destroy the entire community, so they can’t procreate anymore, for the race to disappear.” “If they were shot by a gun, you would call it genocide,” Mukwege says. “This is a different kind of genocide, which destroys women physically, emotionally over the years.”