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An attempt to kill a whole subset of the population, this is genocide, isn't it? It might be appropriate to refer this lovely gentleman to the International Cr
by tux3 10y ago
An attempt to kill a whole subset of the population, this is genocide, isn't it?
It might be appropriate to refer this lovely gentleman to the International Criminal Court.
- kbart 10y agoNo, it's not. Genocide has a clearly defined meaning[1]: "Genocide is the intentional action to systematically eliminate an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group" 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide
- alvarosm 10y agoToo bad the druggies don't have a religion so they could appeal to the UN or something.
- mcbits 10y agoThe "geno" literally means a race or lineage of people. If the definition can be expanded to include national and religious affiliation, then it might as well be expanded to include other social groups. It's the act that's atrocious, regardless of semantic technicalities.
- pluma 10y agoSadly not. Even what the nazis did to homosexuals didn't qualify as genocide because the definition doesn't include sexual orientation (just ethnicity, religion and a few other things) -- no matter that they were targeted as an entire class of people to be exterminated.