"Orson Wells as CitizenCain" wrote...
>"Will Dockery" wrote:
>> "Neo D'Artagnan" wrote...
>
> >> >> >> > > As for genocide, it's also well known that efforts at
eradicating the
> >> >> >> > > Buffalo, Bald Eagle and Boll Weevil have failed miserably.
> >> >> >> > >
> >> >> >> > > We're as successful at genocide
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Pretty successful according to the definition of genocide -
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > ''...Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean
the
immediate
> >> >> >> > destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass
killings of all
> >> >> >> > members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify a
coordinated plan of
> >> >> >> > different actions aiming at the destruction of essential
foundations of the
> >> >> >> > life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the
groups themselves.
> >> >> >> > The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of
the political
> >> >> >> > and social institutions, of culture, language, national
feelings, religion,
> >> >> >> > and the economic existence of national groups, and the
destruction of the
> >> >> >> > personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the
lives
of the
> >> >> >> > individuals belonging to such groups.''
> >> >> >> > -Raphael Lemkin, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe (Wash., D.C.:
> > Carnegie
> >> >> >> > Endowment for International Peace, 1944), p. 79.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > In the wake of The Holocaust, Lemkin successfully campaigned
for the
> >> >> >> > universal acceptance of international laws defining and
forbidding genocide.
> >> >> >> > This was achieved in 1948, with the promulgation of the
Convention on the
> >> >> >> > Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > The CPPCG was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly
on
9 December
> >> >> >> > 1948 and came into effect on 12 January 1951 (Resolution
260(III)). It
> >> >> >> > contains an internationally-recognized definition of genocide
which [...] defines genocide:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > ''...any of the following acts committed with intent to
destroy, in whole or
> >> >> >> > in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as
such:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > (a) Killing members of the group;
> >> >> >> > (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the
> >> >> >> > group;
> >> >> >> > (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life
> >> > calculated
> >> >> > to
> >> >> >> > bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
> >> >> >> > (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the
> >> >> >> > group;
> >> >> >> > (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another
group.
> >> >> >> > - Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
> >> > Genocide,
> >> >> >> > Article II
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > --
> >> >> >> > ''God's Toybox '' by Will Dockery and Dennis Beck
> >> >> >> > http://www.myspace.com/shadowvilleallstars
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Well, if Wikipedia says so, that's it.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Perhaps I should edit this entry? Or write my own? It's The
> >> >> >> People's
> >> >> >> Encyclopedia, after all.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I'm people.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Sort of.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Sure, that's what it was created for.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Better yet, try Wikinfo, which is the alternative to Wikipedia,
much
> >> > more
> >> >> > free-form in style, and relatively new, which many articles not
even
> >> > begun yet..
> >> >>
> >> >> Because that just makes it a wonderful and informative site,
right?
> >> >
> >> > Sure, and enjoyable to work on, also.
> >>
> >> Any site you are involved with is doomed to failure.
> >
> > We'll see, I suppose...
>
> There's no "suppose" about it
Sure there is, since so far Wikinfo
http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Main_Page
is moving along splendidly.
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