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In ba.general Rich Corinthian Leather <inexplicable@mysterious.net> wrote:
> Merlin Dorfman wrote:
...

>>      And I am all too aware of the Indian wars, the implementation
>> of the Monroe Doctrine, and Jewish terrorism in Palestine before
>> Israel became a state.  However the use of the word "genocide" to
>> describe Israeli behavior then or now is itself an atrocity.  There
>> is no attempt to exterminate a race or ethnic group...for that,
>> today, you should look to Iran (for stated intentions, lacking the
>> capability for action today) among others.  If you use the word
>> "genocide" to describe any conflict or war between different
>> ethnic groups, you cheapen the word beyond recognition.  
>>      In that part of the world, you can certainly find Israelis who
>> envision the Palestinians being a subject people in Israeli-
>> controlled land indefinitely.  This is evil but it is not genocide.
>> On the other hand you can find Palestinians--who have power and
>> influence, indeed they are the government--who have expressed
>> the intent to kill or expel all Jews from the Middle East.  That,
>> sir, would be genocide.
>> 

> So you don't think driving people from their ancestral lands and killing 
> them when they assert their rights is genocide? You, sir, should read 
> more history.

     Genocide (noun):
The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, 
racial, political, or ethnic group.
     (Should also include religious groups.)
     And if you call suicide bombing "asserting their rights," I
don't wonder that your view of genocide is distorted.