{"id":156809,"date":"2012-01-27T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=156809"},"modified":"2012-01-27T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T08:30:00","slug":"to-penalize-genocide-denial-is-to-fall-into-the-mistake-of-political-correctness-zizek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2012\/01\/27\/to-penalize-genocide-denial-is-to-fall-into-the-mistake-of-political-correctness-zizek.html","title":{"rendered":"To Penalize Genocide Denial is to ‘Fall into the Mistake of Political Correctness’: Zizek"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prominent Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj \u017di\u017eek advised Turkey to \u201capologize for the horrible things happened in 1915\u201d in an ironic way by saying \u201cthis was part of us becoming a modern European nation state,\u201d the H\u00fcrriyet Daily News<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is it wrong for Turkey to apologize but also put the blame on Europe? By apologizing, do not fall into the trap of apologizing to Europe. These were wild times. What were the Western powers doing at the same time in their colonies?\u201d said \u017di\u017eek in an interview with the H\u00fcrriyet yesterday.<\/p>\n

He said Turkey could admit that \u201csomething horrible happened to Armenians\u201d without isolating itself.<\/p>\n

He also said he did not like Europe stigmatizing Turkey as an exception on these issues and the killings of Armenians in 1915 and 1916 were not the same as the Jewish Holocaust of World War II. \u201cIt was a little-planned, chaotic operation, rather than an industrial decision to clean out Armenians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u017di\u017eek also criticized the recent bill adopted by the French Senate penalizing genocide denial (including the Armenian Genocide) for falling into the mistake of political correctness, which only served to reproduce racism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem with political correctness is that if you legalize things that are already in your habits [\u2026] it is counter-productive in the long term. Even with the Holocaust it is problematic in this sense. Some even wanted to regulate the numbers. Five million were killed, but if you said 4,900,000 Jews were killed you would get penalized. For me, this is the big fiasco of political correctness,\u201d said \u017di\u017eek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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