>Doug Henwood wrote:
>>
>> , and when 5,000 people are still
>> entombed in the ruins of what can only be called a crime against
>> humanity,
>
>"Crime against humanity" was first introduced, I believe, in the
>Nuremberg trials to describe the deliberate and methodical killing of
>six million jews, romani, homosexuals, "mentally deficient," etc. It is
>idiocy to use the same term for the September 11 attacks. Against that
>standard, those attacks of last week were a very minor episode we ought
>not to be fussing about.
>
>Carrol
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