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Old 05-01-2007, 03:58 PM   #33
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Originally Posted by FireFly View Post
I think her point is that unless we do more for the environment, we're condemning the human race to death, which would be slower and indiscriminate form of genocide, but genocide, nonetheless.
gen·o·cide [jen-uh-sahyd]
–noun the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.


By definition, genocide cannot be "indiscriminate." The human race does not qualify as a national, racial, political, or cultural group. It is such careless use of words that suppresses rational discussion and leads to nothing more than empty rhetoric.
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