Dan Coby wrote:

"Jim Thompson" wrote

Where's the benefit to our country when a Democratic-Party-dominated
Congress is trying to pass a bill chastising the Turks for Armenian
"genocide" that occurred in 1915... NINETY-TWO YEARS AGO?

It depends upon if you believe in freedom of speech. The bill is not only
about events that happened 92 years ago but about events that are
happening today.

Here is a quote from a BBC article on this topic:

"In Turkey, the penal code makes calling "for the recognition of the
Armenian genocide" illegal. Writers and translators have been prosecuted
for attempting to stimulate debate on the subject."

The full article is at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6045182.stm

When a country makes even discussing history a crime then those who
believe in freedom of speech should not be quiet.

Here is another article upon a Turkish journalist who was murdered because
he wrote about the genocide: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6289275.stm

And Turkey couldn't wouldn't be allowed to join the EU with laws like that on the
statute book..

Graham