I really don¡¯t understand why genocide happens. Every five or ten years we hear about the latest genocide. Every time we hear about it, governments say it will never happen again. After the genocide in Rwanda, the USA and other world powers promised to stop any future killing. Then Darfur came along and all they do is talk. If a crazy government wants to kill thousands of innocent civilians, no one can stop them. Genocide is the biggest shame in our history. Countries go to war because of oil, but not to stop innocent people being murdered. Only recently has the international community started chasing those who organize genocide. The International Criminal Court prosecutes those who commit crimes against humanity.
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01. What does genocide mean? – Do you know how the word is made?
02. What genocides do you know of in the past century?
03. What are the differences between genocide and crimes against humanity?
04. What is the most appropriate punishment for someone involved in genocide?
05. What do you think of the term ¡®ethnic cleansing¡¯?
06. What do you think of those who deny the Holocaust ever happened?
07. Do you think the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was genocide?
08. Why is African slavery rarely regarded as genocide?
09. It seems the world doesn¡¯t act when genocide happens in Africa. Do you agree?
10. What are the signs that genocide might happen in the future?
11. What does genocide do to a country once it has finished?
12. Is there anything in your country¡¯s history that was genocide, or could be describes as genocide?