Remembrances

I have strived to keep politics out of this blog.  I want it to be about daily life.  But today, I beg your indulgence.  Its important.
Many people are afraid to look at the past.  To look at the human conditions and frailties.  To see the horrors that have been perpetrated by man upon other men (and women and children) is often beyond comprehension.
There are so many examples, I don't know where to begin.  The crusades.  Uganda.  Iran's gassing of the Kurds.  The American slaughter of the American Indians.  More recently, Sudan gassing their political rivals.  The list goes on and on.
Today is holocaust remembrance day.  Six million Jews exterminated.  "Exterminated" seems too polite of a word.  Even "gassed, shot, stabbed, abused, raped, humiliated" seems too polite.  How about murdered.  Plain and simple.
In high school (1972) I read Elie Weisel's book entitled, "Dawn."  A brief, poignant account of the holocaust.  It has stuck with me all my life.
If nothing else, that book gave me a distrust of all politicians.  All of them.  When a person is in charge of another person, has control, their true character can come through.  We see it over and over.  Abuses can run rampant.
So forgive me today, as I run the events of the day through that filter.  Have we learned? 
A quote I learned long ago from my parents, "Power corrupts.  Absolute power corrupts absolutely."
This is why the framers of the American constitution had three equal levels of government.  Each was to watch the other.  To keep them honest.  It seems as though that is being corrupted.  We must stand strong against corruption.  And learn from the past.  David