An etymology lesson and a history lesson:
Genocide: from Greek genos race, kind and Latin cidere
to kill is the killing of a racial or ethnic group (presumably
on the basis of their race or ethnicity). Interestingly, the term has
only been around for about 60 years (and is not the etymologically
correct genticide), though the action it describes goes back
thousands. Which leads us to our history lesson, boys and girls:
Who was responsible for killing thousands and thousands of Shia (not
technically a race/ethnicity) and Kurds? If you said "Former
President Bush", you probably teach at Berkley. And you are wrong.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
2 for 1
Someone bought her markers and posterboard! In addition to her
standard "You are killing..." poster, she had a nice new blue one,
though the info was a bit dated.
Stop the genocide
in Iraq
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