Re: M-TH: definitions of genocide

1999-04-16 Thread Charles Brown
Andy and I agree on the ultimate issues in this discussion. Peace ! I want to point out that the UN Convention for the Prevention and Prevention of the Crime of Genocide is rather broad, because it specifically says trying to destroy a group as a group in whole OR IN PART. I just happened to

M-TH: definitions of genocide

1999-04-15 Thread Bullimore / Kim Maree (COM)
Chris B in his original post said that it was genocide "by international definitions". In this he is correct. Genocide does not just mean the murder of people in death camps, rape etc. It is also defined as the forcible removal of people from thier homeland, as well as the stopping a

Re: M-TH: definitions of genocide

1999-04-15 Thread Andrew Wayne Austin
Kim, Does the suppression of the Spanish language in some US schools, however deplorable this is, constitute "genocide" in the United States? Suppose that the US was successful in eliminating Spanish in the United States. Wouldn't they still speak Spanish in Mexico? Just to make this clear: I