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2007-08-14 09:39:20 · 31 answers · asked by Sheldon 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
In the US case, the Civil War. It was a nation that tore itself apart, brother killed brother, and the killing seemed endless. The saddest part was none of it needed to happen, even a tiny act of sanity could have stopped it all.
2007-08-14 09:41:16 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In the 19th century people of Wales were forced not to speak Welsh.This was done by ordering children in school not to speak Welsh or they would have to carry a yoke around their necks called "The Welsh Not." The only way to get rid of the 'not ' was to snitch on other children if you heard them speaking Welsh then they would have to wear it.. Whoever had the 'not' at the end of the day would get a lashing.
This was to 'encourage' people not to speak Welsh as the English thought that their language was the only acceptable medium of communication. Luckily the language survived and is now enjoying a revival,more and more Welsh people are speaking it.Welsh has it's own TV channel, newspapers and it's own cultural meetings and competitions called eisteddfodau.Subjects like chemistry, biology, physics and geography are taught through the medium of Welsh in some Welsh strongholds.
It's only right that you can speak your own language in your own country.
2007-08-14 17:46:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
our involvement in both World Wars is most likely the worst on an International scale.
at home here (Canada) back in the 1700's,there was a lot of fighting between the French,British,Natives and the Americans.
Things here have been calm since WW2.
Biggest revolt we have had since was over extra taxes and that lasted 10 minutes.lmao
2007-08-14 17:32:22 · answer #3 · answered by LORD RUMBOY 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can agree with Steve C, but some other notable moments of horror include:
Salem Witch Trials
Slavery in general
Tuskeegee Syphilis experiment
Jim Jones (though the mass suicide did not occur in the US)
Waco & David Koresh
9/11
2007-08-14 16:43:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the 9-11 terrorist attacks were. Now the country is fighting in a dumb war over in Iraq and thousands are getting killed with no end in sight. I also have to mention slavery which suppressed an entire race of people who are still feeling the effects from it.
2007-08-14 17:01:42 · answer #5 · answered by Nico 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think in the U.S. you'd have to consider three different events.
1) The slaughtering of thousands of Native American Indians.
2) Slavery -- the entire era
3) Japanese internment following the Pearl Harbor attacks.
I'd personally lean towards #2, slavery, because I think that irrevocably strained race-relations in this country.
2007-08-14 16:43:14 · answer #6 · answered by Knox Senior 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
1959... The revolution in Cuba led by communist dictator, Fidel Castro. It turned my beautiful, beloved Carribean Island into an oversized Alcatraz.
2007-08-15 08:17:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In England there hasn't been any bigger tragic event than me splitting up with my girlfriend ,Sue, two years ago. Except perhaps the Black Death, which killed over a million people in the Middle Ages.
2007-08-14 16:48:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
After Vietnam, I'd say the one we're in right now with Bush driving the country into ruin pretty much takes the cake.
2007-08-14 16:42:48 · answer #9 · answered by Reo 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
in Serbia whole history is ugly...
5 centuries we were slaves to Turks...
but we stopped them to enslave Europe...
Balkan Wars with them...World War 1...WW2...bombing by the America and England...and lately civil war in 1990's....and of course once more...bombing by the America and England
take your pick...
2007-08-14 16:51:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋