tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post2756888283101998823..comments2024-03-28T09:47:25.719-04:00Comments on Daffey Thoughts: Armenian Genocide: Another perspectiveDavid Griffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-91255366973158080442021-04-27T19:20:42.487-04:002021-04-27T19:20:42.487-04:00I agree. I just think it's also worth asking ...I agree. I just think it's also worth asking why certain words matter, or why certain words seem to make things that should matter suddenly matter more. David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-8808146720343960392021-04-27T15:18:48.857-04:002021-04-27T15:18:48.857-04:00Some have argued that, in the most technical sense...Some have argued that, in the most technical sense of the word, we're now witnessing a genocide against the European West. That is, we've concluded anything and everything to do with a particular people needs eliminated. That, in at least one sense, would qualify. Though I won't hold my breath for people to pick it up and run with it any time soon. And who knows? Maybe that's a good thing, as you say. David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-36341277435839750022021-04-27T15:17:01.307-04:002021-04-27T15:17:01.307-04:00Oh, I realize that. As I said, it isn't as if...Oh, I realize that. As I said, it isn't as if words don't matter. They do. But sometimes it matters why words matter, or certain ones. What is it about the word genocide that is so crucial to deciding 'now it's really bad.' And that's the point. Somehow it's as if we can now say it was a really bad thing, as opposed to before when it was only a mass killing of over a million people. Something about that seems to be the same mentality that we have with hate crimes and hate crime terminology. And we see where that is getting us. David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-6505787047940181012021-04-27T14:15:26.337-04:002021-04-27T14:15:26.337-04:00I don't even use the term "Genocide,"...I don't even use the term "Genocide," anymore. It's too open for interpretation. Murder is murder, I don't care what the motive was. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122492268910202737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-71245980203021390282021-04-27T11:19:24.698-04:002021-04-27T11:19:24.698-04:00Indeed words matter; they're not just "a ...Indeed words matter; they're not just "a thing of the air". Words are linked to our thoughts and our thoughts are linked to our actions. <br /><br />"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us." Jn 1:14Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953563578914140396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-51171061164500921432021-04-27T09:56:03.442-04:002021-04-27T09:56:03.442-04:00To play pedantic, that's always been the case....To play pedantic, that's always been the case. Our laws have long had different degrees of murder, which are all worse than manslaughter. Just because some people want to abuse the gradation of evil (in things such as hate crimes) doesn't mean we throw the whole thing out.<br /><br />I quite agree with you on the holodomor too. I think I've heard before some people trying to classify it as a genocide but I'd have to go digging around for it. But like you said, even if it wasn't - so what? I too am troubled by the fact that people nowadays don't seem to acknowledge something unless it's the most evil thing ever. As if murder were ok as long as you weren't racist about it.Nate Winchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00630873800235819300noreply@blogger.com