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To: TobagoJack who wrote (60040)	1/19/2010 12:43:30 PM
From: Tom Daly	8 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218633

<<genocide was never a systematic schema in any chinese or chinese operated western political system>> << my point was china never had a deliberate and systematic policy of genocide, a statement of factual truth>> You choose not to follow this Mirriam Webster genocide definition - "The deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group."- because then your arguments crumble. So then how about this one which I believe is an excellent description of the concept of genocidal actions - "a form of one-sided mass killing in which a state or other authority intends to destroy a group, as that group and membership in it are defined by the perpetrator." So if the state decides that you, Mr. Intellectual, Mr. Landowner, Mr. Different Race, Mr. Political Opponent, Mr. Enemy of the People, Mr. Different Religion, Mr. Counterrevolutionary are an enemy and then tries to kill, torture, enslave and eliminate those purported enemies, then you have a genocidal action. Some examples: 1. Chinese Land Reform - Mao's policy was to select "at least one landlord, and usually several, in virtually every village for public execution". He established a system of execution quotas and declared that peasants must help kill landlords with their bare hands so they would become permanently linked to the revolutionary process in a way passive spectators could not be. Estimates of dead range from 2 to 5 million with another 1.5 to 6 million sent to labor camps where many more died. 2. Anti-Rightist Movement - targeted intellectuals and the legal profession. Hundreds of thousands were killed or enslaved. 3. Great Leap Forward Famine - The worst of the famine was steered towards "enemies of the state". The most vulnerable section of China's population, around five per cent, were those whom Mao called "enemies of the people". Anyone who had in previous campaigns of repression been labeled a 'black element' was given the lowest priority in the allocation of food. Landlords, rich peasants, former members of the nationalist regime, religious leaders, rightists, counter-revolutionaries and the families of such individuals died in the greatest numbers. 4. Cultural Revolution - targeted liberal bourgeois elements of society. Mao's comments on CR deaths " "... China is such a populous nation, it is not as if we cannot do without a few people." Xie Fuzhi, national police chief comments on CR deaths: "... if in anger they beat someone to death, then so be it." Total victims in the millions. 5. Yan'an Rectification Movement - campaign against intellectuals that declared the need for a Communist party through intimidation tactics. Total victims = 10,000+ These are facts and are in my opinion are clear evidence of deliberate, systematic policies of genocidal actions.