March 21st

This class was the very first class of the 4th Quarter.  We began with a prayer by Erin King.  The homework due today was the 1-2 page reflection on our experiences at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.  After collecting those, Ms. Egan began a discussion on "Why Do We Remember the Holocaust?".  In recognition of the terrible event, we must pay learn about the history so we can respectfully understand it fully.  We must remember so that it never happens again.  Many people knew about it, but didn't do anything about it during the Holocaust, but we have learned our lesson for prevention of future genocide.  We than transitioned into talking about modern genocides or evil in the world that is often forgotten.
  Mrs. Egan brought to our attention such modern evils as Kony, someone who has been taking children and making them soldiers and sex-slaves, who was made known through a viral video.  Ms. Egan then showed us several videos about modern nazis, as in member of the American Nazi party that still exist.  It was terrifying.  I was shocked that things like this still existed.  They seemed very organized, which was concerning.  Next, Mrs. Egan showed us some videos of the Westboro Baptist Church, which were horrifying and almost entertaining at the same time.
  The Westboro Baptist Church is a church created by Fred Phelps and most of the members are from his family.  They are extremely against homosexuals and Jews but the interesting part is they think God hates EVERYONE.  Not just one group, but they consider that God wants the entire country to go to Hell because of it's sacrilegious actions.  When interviewed, their logic makes little to no sense.  They performed a rendition of "We Are the World" called "God Hates the World".  They interviewed the young children in the family, who seemed so hateful and very uninformed on their arguments, producing such iconic phrases as "Fags are basically Jews".



The lesson of this class was that though we all remember the Holocaust and it must be prevented ever occurring similarly again, there are many modern groups just as evil as the Nazis were during World War II.

Homework: Circumlectio

Here is a link to the website for the Westboro Baptist Church.  It is quite frightening.  The hate begins just with the url.
http://www.godhatesfags.com/

Here is an article about the modern neo-nazis in Israel.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/11430#.T2xFUxEgdDQ