It was very interesting reading Lauren's blog about her grandmother. It is nice to hear the view of someone who is so close to the events and has to live with the idea of the genocide. I also think it is cool that they went on a cruise to meet with other Armenians and that it seems like it was a positive experience for them since they had left and no longer lived there. I learned a lot about the genocide that happened from reading Lauren's blog and most of it was information that I didn't know. I didn't realize that only some people concider it a genocide and I guess I don't understand why someone wouldn't consier it as such when 1.5 million people died for no reason other than the fact that they were Armenian. I guess I don't understand how someone couldn't consider it as a genocide when innocent people died just because of their decent. It was good to hear that her grandmother and great grandmother got out of the country before this happened. I also didn't know that they had to have a cross on them in the form of a tattoo just to show that they are Christian. This would definitely scare me because it is a target on them for saying that they have this specific religion when the others are Muslim. All of this information was very interesting and I learned a lot of things I didn't know. It always helps put things into perspective when you can hear the stories of someone who actual went through these thigns in their life. It really helps make it seem real when someone can give you such specific details about what they have to go through because of the genocide.