I wonder why there's no problem in the West Bank right now?
You think it just might have something to do with HAMAS? Maybe? Just a little bit?
I mean, if Israel is so into "genocide", why aren't they bombing the West Bank too?
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These guidelines, I suspect, are meant to give a threat some focus, a tangible point of reference, ather than just the sort of "assertion -> evasion -> deflection -> flailing" cycle you might see in a GD thread.
Whether the intent succeeds or not is obviously up for debate
The english language isn't exactly replete with words for "pointless mass killing" that aren't either threadbare and trite ("massacre"
or really, really big ("Genocide" . There's also the subtext of, say, between those two terms - a massacre is any killing of a number of people, while "genocide" carries definite political and social connotations beyond just the killing. It's a frustrating gap in the language.
No, "Genocide' isn't really the right word. but there just aren't a lot of words to fall back on, and discussions on the topic tend to remind me of the 2004 presidential debates - "Nuance? WTF is nuance?!"
There's the term "democide" which fits, but is sort of a wobbly word - it can mean a lot of things and covers a lot of topics - Jim Crow was democide, but so was the Holocaust, and if you don't specify where you're going with the term - which can be difficult when, hello, the language doesn't support doing so! - it can go haywire.
