has a mannered precise lawyerly column in today's Globe detailing the important differences between Genocide and mere Atrocity.
Genocide is defined as the systemic annihilation of whole layers of the human population for religious or political reasons....Atrocity is defined as...something else.
Seven hundred words to the column and Kinzer's definition of atrocity comes down to "its not as bad as genocide".
By comparison I am moved to recall an entire paragraph written by Mickey Spillane in one of his spy novels wherein the differences between "A Dame" and "A Broad" were carefully and incoherently delineated.
To me, All Atrocities are ipso facto Genocidal in Character, if you are one of the intended victims...precise categories matter most of all to logicians and lawyers, victims have to take to their heels long before the discussions conclude.
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