Talk:Genocide/Archive 13
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mutilation and crime against humanity
@K7V
Your edit said "Genocide, similar to other crimes against humanity, is widely considered to be the epitome of human evil"
This makes genocide a subset of crimes against humanity, but these are actually two different things. The article this links to lists 11 specific crimes against humanity, and genocide is not one of them. It is separate. Also, for example, the UN definition says "In contrast with genocide, crimes against humanity do not need to target a specific group." See here: . And doesn't it make more sense to say that only genocide is widely considered to be the epitome of human evil? Doesn't the word epitome imply the one, single thing that is most evil of all?
As far as mutilation... what do other people think? One of the acts in the convention is "Causing serious bodily harm." Mutilation would fall under that, but is it too specific for the lead? The word is only used one other time in the article, as a subset of sexual violence. We also discussed adding cultural genocide to this list, so will all these additions end up making it too wordy? Slava570 (talk) 00:22, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
- I didn't see this discussion, but removed 'mutilation'. In theory, mass mutilation might be considered genocidal, but so might any and all forms of violence towards a group. So I concur, it's too specific and doesn't exemplify a distinct kind of genocide and is potentially misleading.
- Personally, I think 'forced sterilization' is too specific and previous/more generic wording about 'preventing reproduction among the group' is more clearly targetting the group, rather than the member. Pincrete (talk) 06:13, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
- Makes sense. I would be fine with changing that too. I'm wondering, do you have any thoughts about including cultural genocide? If so, do you think it's ok to tack it on to the end of this sentence, or does it need a fourth sentence? Slava570 (talk) 13:05, 2 March 2026 (UTC)