two words ,different intention and meanings ?your opinion ?
2007-10-20 02:18:11 · 13 answers · asked by reifguy 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
For me are two terms similar, and quite different.
Concerning the results it can be different since a genocide is the extermination of a nation.
In both sides it is how each part is interpretating this.We are talking about geocide and it is massacre or vice versa?
In both cases the consequences are the same for a nation
2007-10-20 07:17:38 · answer #1 · answered by zigzag 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Is there really a difference? Massacre is the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder. And the definition of genocide is the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. Even though the definitions are different, the end result is exactly the same...because they go hand in hand. Wherever there is a genocide, there is a massacre. And wherever you have a massacre there is a genocide. Read the history of Smyrna or Armenia for example.
2007-10-20 02:28:49 · answer #2 · answered by dvatwork 7 · 9⤊ 2⤋
Holocausts and Genocides are intentional attempts to exterminate an entire people.
A massacre does not have to be intentional, it could have been an incident which the soldiers believed were no longer in their control, or they may have been collateral damage for some other purpose.
2007-10-20 02:26:46 · answer #3 · answered by Chris W 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A genocide is a massacre aimed specifically at a certain ethnic group or race. Comes from the same word as Genealogy,
Massacre is more random killing not necessarily against a certain group.
2007-10-20 02:26:04 · answer #4 · answered by Michael G 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
A MASSACRE AND GENOCIDE ARE NOT THE SAME. SEE THE MASSACRE OF MOUNTAIN MEADOWS AS AN EXAMPLE OF MASSACRE OR WOUNDED KNEE. THERE MAY HAVE BEEN PEOPLE IN THE LATTER WHO WOULD HAVE LIKED TO WIPE OUT THE INDIAN POPULATION BUT THEY WERE IN THE MINORITY. GENOCIDE IS THE DELIBERATE WIPING OUT OF AN ENTIRE RACE. SEE THE MASSACRE OF THE MOLDAVIAN INDIANS.
2007-10-20 04:55:05 · answer #5 · answered by Loren S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The result is the same-death, but I would say the length of time is different. Genocides usually take place over longer periods of time.
2007-10-20 02:27:14 · answer #6 · answered by staisil 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It was genocide when the Europeans came to America and massacred the Native Americans.
2007-10-20 02:23:45 · answer #7 · answered by lonetraveler 5 · 6⤊ 3⤋
Genocide means (etymologically) the killing of a people. The Holocaust was a genocide.
A massacre means mass killing, not necessarily of a people, and not necessarily on such a great scale.
2007-10-20 02:23:51 · answer #8 · answered by Lady Annabella-VInylist 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
i think they should be considered the same thing. the only difference is that genocide deals with one culture. which is just as sickening as murder.
what a great question
2007-10-20 03:33:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Kill 1 person, it's murder.
Kill 35 people, it's a massacre.
Kill 6,000,000 people, it's genocide.
2007-10-20 02:46:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋