You've never experienced the unfolding atrocities in quite this way before, and this helps to make them anew.
Being a disabled combat vet who had deployed with the US Navy to the Middle-East, I not only experienced all the atrocities of war, but all the atrocities of returning from war... this really shaped my perspective on the world.
In wake of the recent attacks, this year has been difficult for Muslims in the West, as we have experienced the backlash caused by atrocities carried out in the name of our faith.
Only after he experiences the Third Reich's atrocities at first hand does he emerge as a committed agent; he breaks through his cynical world view — that an industrialized society will always be in the sway of ruthless power brokers — to a new realization that evil exists and must be fought.
"Our people have suffered the catastrophic and irreparable damage of these weapons, and we vow to fight so that no one else on earth will ever again experience these atrocities," de Brum said.
Foer, a fresh-faced youngster, is an easy target for such purists, but it should be remembered that WG Sebald, lauded for his deep insight into the second world war, likewise experienced none of the atrocities he chronicled.
All three countries have experienced unspeakable atrocities in recent years: civil war, famine, Aids epidemics.
Scientists have documented these atrocities and reported that dolphins experience the highest level of pain, trauma, and distress.
Yes, white people all over the world and throughout history have experienced atrocities like slavery and persecution.
For while Harley had but one eye, he saw, and experienced, atrocities that none of us could even conjure up with full sight.
