Posted on 11/04/2015 4:37:10 AM PST by WhiskeyX
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled the KGB murders of Lithuanian partisans was not an act of genocide.
The ruling may become an important legal precedent in the evaluation of Soviet atrocities
The ECHR ruled that former KGB officer, Vytautas Vasiliauskas, had been sentenced in Lithuania in June 2011 "on legal provisions that had not been in force in 1953.â€
(Excerpt) Read more at baltictimes.com ...
Well, then. Some guy who served in a SS battalion gets what, again?
My nomination for the "Oxymoron du Jour."
If every act of war or repression is classed as “genocide,” then “genocide” means nothing.
No doubt. Just ask the Serbs. They were cleaning up about the house.
You seem to think that comment addresses the issue.
No, not really . . . but it was directed toward our FRussians and their symps.
I see.
I’m not arguing that the Russians (and many others) have done a lot of bad things. However, it’s not “genocide” every time a lot of people get killed. Sometimes it’s just war, or the typical killing-people that oppressive and aggressive governments engage in.
For comparison, in a very different context, not every unwelcome or unpleasant sexual interaction is “rape.” If everything is “rape,” then rape doesn’t mean anything.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_judges_of_the_European_Court_of_Human_Rights
Abolish this abomination already!
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