[Wikipedia-l] Sensitive subjects on some Wikipedias

[Steven Walling]

The term was first coined as we know it today in 43, well after the Armenian
Genocide had occured. This isn't what I was disputing. I was saying that the
Armenian massacre is the earliest event to be described as a genocide and
that the Armenian genocide was a (if not the) primary historical precedent
to be utilized in its definition, not that the term was coined solely for or
during the initial reporting on it.

On 7/13/07, Ronald Chmara <ron at opus1.com> wrote:

>
> On Jul 13, 2007, at 8:15 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
>
> > Actually Bop, I'm not sure if all wiki articles reflect this, but the
> > Armenian Genocide was aboslutely the first event described as a
> > genocide.
>
> [citation needed]
>
> :)
>
> It looks like our article on the topic is possibly confused, or you
> are or.... ?. Several social groups seem to want to "claim" it as an
> initial offense upon them.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide#Coining_of_the_term_genocide>
>
> My list so far:
> Assyrians
> Armenians
> Jews
>
> As I alleged to in a prior post, there seems to be something of a
> cultural argument/demand made by some cultures to adopt and 'own'
> words that indicate a particular term for their cultural identity.
>
> -Bop
>
>
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