Originally posted by Rogue JediAxel didn't say that it was racially motivated, and to bring that up is to set up a strawman.
You think the USA targeted the Japanese just because they were Japanese? They would have done the same regardless of color, race or creed. The Japanese just happened to be our enemy at the time.
The fact that they were an enemy doesn't excuse what we did.
Originally posted by StrangeloveIt really depends how one defines Genocide. I see Genocide as one group targeting another specifically for race/religious reasons and eliminating them.
Axel didn't say that it was racially motivated, and to bring that up is to set up a strawman.The fact that they were an enemy doesn't excuse what we did.
It doesn't matter what you think it means, it has a definition, you can't just change what it actually means for you own purposes. It means, "The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status, or other particularity.", not what you want it to mean.
Well here's the wiki definition:
Originally posted by Rogue JediAlready read that; I got mine from Wiktionary, as it was more condensed.
Well here's the wiki definition:
Originally posted by The Grey FoxSo I guess the Japanese just happening to be our enemy at the time would fall under "other partciularity?"
It doesn't matter what you think it means, it has a definition, you can't just change what it actually means for you own purposes. It means, "The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status, or other particularity.", not what you want it to mean.
Originally posted by Rogue JediI can't really say, I'm not getting into the whole "was Hiroshima and Nagasaki genocide?" debate, since it's not really that relevent. It was as you put defined in the original post a tragedy, a massive loss of innocent life at one time, that's all I'm saying. Was it right or wrong? That's a different story. But it was still a tragedy.
So I guess the Japanese just happening to be our enemy at the time would fall under "other partciularity?"
Even though the actual definition of a tragedy is pretty much just 'a piece of literature which has a sad ending'.
Originally posted by The Grey FoxGood point, agreed.
I can't really say, I'm not getting into the whole "was Hiroshima and Nagasaki genocide?" debate, since it's not really that relevent. It was as you put defined in the original post a tragedy, a massive loss of innocent life at one time, that's all I'm saying. Was it right or wrong? That's a different story. But it was still a tragedy.Even though the actual definition of a tragedy is pretty much just 'a piece of literature which has a sad ending'.