And then you'd wonder if things like the bombing of Dresden count as genocide.Yup, that's exactly what it was. A "mini" one, granted, perhaps 5 percent (if we count all the other terror bombings conducted by the Allies - Dresden was but one of many) the size of the vastly larger genocide perpetrated by the Nazis. But there's little point in arguing that that's what the deliberate targetting of civilian populations in Germany (both during and after the war, considering the mass expulsions that followed) did not effectively amount to a "mini" genocide, nonetheless.
And then if you use it like that it kind of loses its meaning if all war is genocide.
No, pointing out this fairly obvious fact does not, by any stretch, imply that "all war" is genocide.
Only the large-scale, deliberate targeting of civilian populations "with intent to destroy [them] as a group, in whole or in part", per the definition above.
That wasn't the title of the linked article, or it's content.
That's a valid point, and indeed the article should probably be flagged on that basis.
Yup, that's exactly what it was. A "mini" one, granted, perhaps 5 percent (if we count all the other terror bombings conducted by the Allies - Dresden was but one of many) the size of the vastly larger genocide perpetrated by the Nazis. But there's little point in arguing that that's what the deliberate targetting of civilian populations in Germany (both during and after the war, considering the mass expulsions that followed) did not effectively amount to a "mini" genocide, nonetheless.
And then if you use it like that it kind of loses its meaning if all war is genocide.
No, pointing out this fairly obvious fact does not, by any stretch, imply that "all war" is genocide.
Only the large-scale, deliberate targeting of civilian populations "with intent to destroy [them] as a group, in whole or in part", per the definition above.
That wasn't the title of the linked article, or it's content.
That's a valid point, and indeed the article should probably be flagged on that basis.