The word 'genocide' was not coIned until 1943. It originally meant very specifically the planned extermination of the Jews by the Nazis, in particular by Hitler himelf and by Himmler. Its use was later extended to mean the planned extermination of any group, not necessarily an ethnic group. Thus is could now cover foetuse unwanted by the mother, whuiich is what what Charlie uses it to cover, as far as I can see. Of course you could argue that a foetus is not a human being, but only potentially so, but that would cover one right up to the moment of birth, and nobody, as far as I know, uses it in that way.
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Last edited by John Whitworth; 07-31-2016 at 07:05 AM.
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