BS Armenian "genocide"

Submitted by Michael S (United States), Nov 5, 2014 at 21:10

Date Author Definition 1944 Raphael Lemkin, Polish Jewish jurist^[6] 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 groups . . ..

(Axis Rule in Occupied Europe ix. 79)^[2][7]

1945 Count 3 of the indictment of the 24 Nazi leaders at the Nuremberg Trials They (the defendants) conducted deliberate and systematic genocide - viz., the extermination of racial and national groups - against the civilian populations of certain occupied territories in order to destroy particular races and classes of people, and national, racial or religious groups, particularly Jews, Poles, Gypsies and others.^[8][9] 1946 Raphael Lemkin The crime of genocide should be recognized therein as a conspiracy to exterminate national, religious or racial groups. The overt acts of such a conspiracy may consist of attacks against life, liberty or property of members of such groups merely because of their affiliation with such groups. The formulation of the crime may be as follows: "Whoever, while participating in a conspiracy to destroy a national, racial or religious group, undertakes an attack against life, liberty or property of members of such groups is guilty of the crime of genocide. (Genocide, American Scholar, Volume 15, no. 2 (April 1946), p. 227-230)^[9] 1946 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 96 (I) (11 December) Genocide is a denial of the right of existence of entire human groups, as homicide is the denial of the right to live of individual human beings; such denial of the right of existence shocks the conscience of mankind, ... and is contrary to moral law and to the spirit and aims of the United Nations. ...

The General Assembly, therefore, affirms that genocide is a crime under international law ... whether the crime is committed on religious, racial, political or any other grounds ...^[10]

-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide_definitions

None of the above applies to the Armenian massacres of WWI, and the World Courd affirms this: viz

European court: Denial of Armenian 'genocide' no crime

Be honest, dhimi -- all this "genocide" talk is nothing but an antisemitic slur, trying to minimize the Shoah, and to turn around and accuse others -- the Turks today, and Israel tomorrow, of "crimes against humanity" for merely exercising the right of defending themselves. The Armenians are full of antisemitism, and attack the Jews on a regular basis; and they are allied with Iran, which intends to commit true genocide against the Jews. I've heard enough of your BS on this matter.

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