What distinguishes genocide from murder, and even from acts of political murder that claim as many victims, is the intent. The crime is wanting to make a people extinct. The idea is the crime.
What distinguishes genocide from murder, and even from acts of political murder that claim as many victims, is the intent. The crime is wanting to ma… - Philip Gourevitch
What distinguishes genocide from murder, and even from acts of political murder that claim as many victims, is the intent. The crime is wanting to ma…
- Philip Gourevitch
In 1933-34, the Belgians conducted a census in order to issue ‘ethnic’ identity cards, which labelled every Rwandan as either Hutu (85%) of Tutsi (14… - Philip Gourevitch
In 1933-34, the Belgians conducted a census in order to issue ‘ethnic’ identity cards, which labelled every Rwandan as either Hutu (85%) of Tutsi (14…
Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building. - Philip Gourevitch
Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building.
Mike Stanton is our preeminent aficionado and raconteur of Rhode Island’s flamboyantly criminal political follies, and The Prince of Providence is th… - Philip Gourevitch
Mike Stanton is our preeminent aficionado and raconteur of Rhode Island’s flamboyantly criminal political follies, and The Prince of Providence is th…
Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good. - Philip Gourevitch
Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.
The people are living seperately together," he said. "So there is responsibility. I cry, you cry. You cry, I cry. We all come running, and the one th… - Philip Gourevitch
The people are living seperately together," he said. "So there is responsibility. I cry, you cry. You cry, I cry. We all come running, and the one th…
A serious pacifist approach can't win wars against enemies whose only program is violence. That doesn't mean I think the US has fought terrorists so … - Philip Gourevitch
A serious pacifist approach can't win wars against enemies whose only program is violence. That doesn't mean I think the US has fought terrorists so …
The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the me… - Philip Gourevitch
The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the me…
The piled-up dead of political violence are a generic staple of our information diet these days, and according to the generic report all massacres ar… - Philip Gourevitch
The piled-up dead of political violence are a generic staple of our information diet these days, and according to the generic report all massacres ar…
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