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Original post by The Fruitbat
Genocide is the mass killing of a race. I'm sorry, but please dont misuse that word to such an extent, its quite offensive to the victims of regimes in which genocides actually occur.


''Genocide involves the attempt to achieve the disappearance of a group by whatever means. It does not have to be violent, it could be a combination of policies that would lead to a certain group dying out.”

Malcolm Fraser (Prime Minister of Australia 1975-1983)
Original post by democracyforum
''Genocide involves the attempt to achieve the disappearance of a group by whatever means. It does not have to be violent, it could be a combination of policies that would lead to a certain group dying out.”

Malcolm Fraser (Prime Minister of Australia 1975-1983)


'noun
[mass noun]

•

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group:a campaign of genocide'

Oxford Dictionary.

Original post by The Fruitbat

'noun
[mass noun]

•

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group:a campaign of genocide'

Oxford Dictionary.



Mick Dodson, an Aboriginal leader who wrote the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission report “Bringing Them Home” along with Sir Ronald Wilson, has been quoted as saying: “assimilation is genocide”.
Is Mick Dodson a “racist”, or does he get a free pass ?


Raphael Lemkin -

''By 'genocide' we mean the destruction of an ethnic group . . . . 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 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 group ''
Original post by The Fruitbat

'noun
[mass noun]

•

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group:a campaign of genocide'

Oxford Dictionary.



Please see the wikipedia article on Cultural genocide. You seem to be unaware that a people can be subject to genocide through mass population transfer and forced assimilation.
Original post by Anonymous
It doesn't feel like England is actually English any more. At least not in certain cities. I'm surrounded by so many people who don't speak English, !


You been to Barnsley today too, eh?

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