Nuances

or A Question of Definition

(March 2024)

Note: the following analysis does not address in any way the dreadfulness of killing thine brethren, whatever the tally.

 

 

 

United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Entry into force: 12 January 1951)

First two of the 19 articles of the Convention:

Article I

The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.

Article II

In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

a)    Killing members of the group;

b)    Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

c)    Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

d)    Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

e)    Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

 

PLEASE CIRCLE YOUR CHOICE OF ANSWERS

 

Genocidal acts:

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

Was (is) a genocide?

Your genocidal severity index (0 to 10)

 

WARS IN PAST 3000 YEARS OR SO

 

1

Trojan War (dates uncertain, 1300–1100 BCE)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

2

First Messenian War (c. 735–715 BCE)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

3

Lelantine War (c. 720–680 BCE; dates uncertain)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

4

Lelantine War (c.720–680 BCE; dates uncertain)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

5

Second Messenian War (c. 660 BCE)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

6

Greco-Persian Wars (492–449 BCE)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

7

Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

8

Lamian War (323–322 BCE)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

9

First Punic War (264–241 BCE)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

10

Second Punic War (218–201 BCE)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

11

Third Punic War (149–146 BCE)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

12

Gallic Wars (58–50 BCE)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

13

Jinshin-no-ran (672)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

14

Norman Conquest (1066)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

15

Crusades (1095–1291; sporadically thereafter)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

16

Gempei War (1180–85)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

17

Barons’ War (1264–67)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

18

Hundred Years’ War (c. 1337–1453)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

19

War of the Eight Saints (1375–78)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

20

Hundred Years’ War (c. 1337–1453)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

21

Thirteen Years’ War (1454–66)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

22

Wars of the Roses (1455–85)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

23

Ōnin War (1467–77)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

24

Count’s War (1534–36)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

25

Araucanian Wars (1541–58)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

26

Livonian War (1558–83)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

27

Eighty Years’ War (1568–1648)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

28

War of the Three Henrys (1587–89)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

29

Eighty Years’ War (1568–1648)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

30

Kalmar War (1611–13)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

31

Thirty Years’ War (1618–48)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

32

Powhatan War (1622–44)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

33

Bishops’ Wars (1639; 1640)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

34

English Civil Wars (1642–51)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

35

First Northern War (1655–60)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

36

War of Devolution (1667–68)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

37

King Philip’s War (1675–76)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

38

War of the Grand Alliance (1689–97)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

39

King William’s War (1689–97)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

40

Second Northern War (1700–21)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

41

War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

42

War of the Emboabas (1708–09)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

43

Carnatic Wars (1746–48; 1749–54; 1758–63)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

44

Queen Anne’s War (1702–13)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

45

Yamasee War (1715–16)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

46

War of the Polish Succession (1733–38)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

47

War of Jenkins’ Ear (1739–48)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

48

War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

49

King George’s War (1744–48)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

50

French and Indian War (1754–63)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

51

Silesian Wars (1740–42; 1744–45; 1756–62)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

52

Seven Years’ War (1756–63)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

53

Lord Dunmore’s War (1774)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

54

Rohilla War (1774)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

55

American Revolution (1775–83)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

56

First Maratha War (1775–82)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

57

War of the Bavarian Succession (1778–79)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

58

Cape Frontier Wars (1779–1879)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

59

French Revolution (1787–99)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

60

French revolutionary wars (1792–1801)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

61

Cape Frontier Wars (1779–1879)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

62

French revolutionary wars (1792–1801)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

63

War of the Oranges (1801)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

64

Tripolitan War (1801–05)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

65

Second Maratha War (1803–05)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

66

Third Maratha War (1817–18)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

67

Napoleonic Wars (1803–15)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

68

Black War (1804–30)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

69

Peninsular War (1808–14)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

70

War of 1812 (1812–15)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

71

Creek War (1813–14)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

72

War of Greek Independence (1821–32)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

73

Padri War (1821–37)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

74

Naning War (1831–32)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

75

Pastry War (1838–39)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

76

Mexican-American War (1846–48)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

77

Crimean War (1853–56)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

78

Bleeding Kansas (1854–59)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

79

American Civil War (1861–65)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

80

War of the Triple Alliance (1864/65–70)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

81

Seven Weeks’ War (1866)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

82

Selangor Civil War (1867–73)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

83

Franco-German War (1870–71)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

84

Acehnese War (1873–1904)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

85

Red River Indian War (1874–75)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

86

Serbo-Turkish War (1876–78)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

87

Anglo-Zulu War (1879)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

88

War of the Pacific (1879–83)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

89

Gun War (1880–81)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

90

Sino-French War (1883–85)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

91

Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885–86)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

92

Sino-Japanese War (1894–95)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

93

Spanish-American War (1898)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

94

Philippine-American War (1899–1902)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

95

South African War (1899–1902)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

96

The War of a Thousand Days (1899–1903)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

97

Acehnese War (1873–1904)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

98

Philippine-American War (1899–1902)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

99

South African War (1899–1902)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

100

The War of a Thousand Days (1899–1903)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

101

Boxer Rebellion (1900–01)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

102

Moro Wars (1901–13)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

103

Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

104

Pig War (1906–09)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

105

Mexican Revolution (1910–20)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

106

Italo-Turkish War (1911–12)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

107

World War I (1914–18)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

108

Baltic War of Liberation (1918–20)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

109

Russian Civil War (1918–20)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

110

Russo-Polish War (1919–20)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

111

Rif War (1921–26)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

112

Chaco War (1932–35)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

113

Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–36)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

114

Spanish Civil War (1936–39)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

115

Sino-Japanese War (1937–45)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

116

Phony War (1939–40; no actual hostilities)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

117

Russo-Finnish War (1939–40)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

118

World War II (1939–45)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

119

Greek Civil War (1944–45; 1946–49)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

120

Arab-Israeli wars (1948–49; 1956; 1967; 1973; 1982)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

121

Korean War (1950–53)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

122

Algerian War (1954–62)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

123

Vietnam War (1954–75)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

124

Six-Day War (1967)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

125

War of Attrition (1969–70)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

126

Yom Kippur War (1973)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

127

Dirty War (1976–83)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

128

Afghan War (1978–92)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

129

Iran-Iraq War (1980–88)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

130

Falkland Islands War (1982)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

131

Persian Gulf War (1990–91)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

132

Bosnian conflict (1992–95)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

133

Kosovo conflict (1998–99)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

134

Afghanistan War (2001–14)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

135

Iraq War (2003–11)

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

136

Syrian Civil War (2012– )

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

137

Ukraine War (2022– )

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

138

Israel Palestine War (2023– )

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

Yes / No

 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

 

 

 

REGARDING TWO PARTICULAR EVENTS:

 

 

A

Jewish population in 1933 (within Europe and overall):

9,500,000

13,800,000

 

 

Features within Europe:

 

 

Different religion?

Yes

No

 

 

Different ritual language?

Yes

No

 

 

 

Different culture?

Yes

No

 

 

Different ethnicity?

Yes

No

 

 

Traditionally and historically displaced for decades or centuries?

Decades

Centuries

No displacement

 

 

Traditionally persecuted for decades or centuries?

Decades

Centuries

No persecution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Could the Jewish and European populations be considered distinct ethnic groups?

Yes

No

 

 

 

 

Number of killed in the event:

6,000,000

 

 

 

 

Ratio of killed to Jewish population:

63.16%

43.48%

 

 

Your genocidal severity index (0 to 10):

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

Palestinian population (within Palestine and overall):

5,400,000

14,300,000

 

 

Features within the Arab World:

 

 

Different religion?

Yes

No

 

 

Different ritual language?

Yes

No

 

 

 

Different culture?

Yes

No

 

 

Different ethnicity?

Yes

No

 

 

Traditionally and historically displaced for decades or centuries?

Decades

Centuries

No displacement

 

 

Traditionally persecuted for decades or centuries?

Decades

Centuries

No persecution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Could the Palestinian and Arab populations be considered distinct ethnic groups?

Yes

No

 

 

 

 

Number of killed in the event (as of March 3, 2024):

30,534

 

 

 

 

Ratio of killed to Palestinian population (if applicable):

0.57%

0.21%

 

 

 

Your genocidal severity index (0 to 10):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arab populations:

465,000,000

 

 

 

 

Ratio of killed to Arab populations (if applicable):

0.0066%

 

 

 

Your genocidal severity index (0 to 10):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Muslim populations:

1,900,000,000

 

 

 

 

Ratio of killed to Muslim populations (if applicable):

0.0016%

 

 

Your genocidal severity index (0 to 10):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSIDERING THE UNITED NATIONS DEFINITION OF THE WORD "GENOCIDE", PLEASE SUBMIT BY RETURN AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF ALL MILITARY CONFLICTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WHICH EXHIBITED A GENOCIDAL SEVERITY INDEX (GSI) EQUAL TO ZERO (0) AND THEREFORE WERE NOT GENOCIDES.

 

Note: the previous analysis does not address in any way the dreadfulness of killing thine brethren, whatever the tally.

Its purpose is rather to suggest that self-righteous and pompous epithets do not add or subtract much from the reality of horror when used without a sense of proportion and with the apparent purpose of blurring nuances.

 

 

FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING EVENT "A" ABOVE:

 

QUESTION 1:

In your opinion, if we were to assume rhetorically that Mr. Hitler and his enablers had elected to give a free pass to 5,946,000 out of the 6,000,000 they

executed for having been affixed a yellow star on the chest (or 99.1 out of 100), and the executioners had charitably sent home 5,946,000 star-bearing

men, women, and children scot-free, would the event still be categorized as a "genocide", since out of 6,000,000 only 54,000 would have been

slaughtered?

QUESTION 2:

What lower threshold would you recommend to the Organization of the United Nations that would suffice to confer the "genocide" label?

QUESTION 3:

Does the lower threshold of one (1) victim seem morally satisfactory to you?

QUESTION 4:

Would you recommend that genocidal events be categorized according to their individual GSI rating?