CLINTON TERMS GENOCIDE RECOGNITION ‘DANGEROUS DOOR'
- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the US ''opens a door that is a very dangerous one to go through,'' Asbarez.com reported.
Responding to a question from a participant of a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, who asked why the US does not recognize the Genocide, Clinton characterized the Armenian Genocide as an historical issue and not a political one.
''I think it's fair to say that this has always been viewed, and I think properly so, as a matter of historical debate and conclusions rather than political. And I think that is the right posture for the United States Government to be in, because whatever the terrible event might be or the high emotions that it represents, to try to use government power to resolve historical issues, I think, opens a door that is a very dangerous one to go through. So the issue is a very emotional one; I recognize that and I have great sympathy for those who are just so incredibly passionate about it,'' Clinton told the audience.
''But I think the free market of ideas, the academic community, the open architecture of communication that is even greater now than it was in the past, are the proper for this kind of engagement, and that's where I hope it is worked out. And eventually, people will have their own conclusions, which needs to be respected, but we need to encourage anyone on any side of any contentious historical debate to get out into the marketplace of ideas. Muster your evidence, put forth your arguments, and be willing to engage, and that's what I think should happen on that too, '' added Clinton who received a round of applause from the audience.
She also took time to respond to a question from the same person on Monday's passage of the French Senate resolution criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.
''…One of our great strengths is we do not criminalize speech. People can say nearly anything they choose, and they do, in our country. And so other countries, including close friends and allies like France, have different standards, different histories, but we are, I hope, never going to go down that path to criminalize speech, '' explained the Secretary of State, who seems to have forgotten that there are succinct laws against hate speech in the US, under which people can be prosecuted.
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