[lbo-talk] Genocide in Iraq and Sudan

martin mschiller at pobox.com
Fri May 5 08:30:22 PDT 2006


On May 5, 2006, at 7:09 AM, Jordan Hayes wrote:


> Get your own word for it, I say; otherwise you'll make the
> distinction (between genocide and not-genocide) meaningless. I
> think it's useful to have the word genocide around, with its narrow
> definition. Because that kind of behavior does exist, and it's
> important to deal with that as such.

Like that word 'fascist' of similar recent disagreement. There does seem to be a determination to reserve these terms for an 'other'.

Martin



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