What Is The Best Way To Stop Genocide?

[jankren]

I personally think Direct Use of Force under the support of the majority of the International Community as shown during the Bosnian War is the most effective solution.

Of course I believe diplomacy should be the first option. But when it is clearly not working force should be the next option. Other methods such as economic and arms embargo are just stupid because they have been proved to rarely if ever work.

[Sven788]

It depends on who is killing who.

[Exarch]

the best way to stop genocide, a tried and tested true effective method to stopping genocide is to do this: call it something else.

"it's not a genocide, it's an incident".

history books will gloss over it as an "incident"

[Bokks]

It depends on who is killing who.

I believe that's whom...

Sorry, couldn't resist!
(I'd probably say something more along the lines of murdering, myself...)


I'd say the greatest way to stop Genocide is to admit that it's happening. Or rather to recognize that it could happen... I guess if it's happening it'd be too late.

As for international interation, that only works with the assumption that the world cares, or doesn't have alterior motives for allowing it to occur. Look at Somalia, something was happening, nothing of interest, UN gets involved. Darfur? Arguably more atrocities are occuring, but what's under Darfur? Why are people being massacred there still? There's oil in them thar hills. Yep. Oil. And it's not just the US not getting involved, I haven't seen the UK or France, Russia or China up in arms about saving the poor children. Central Congo? There's a mineral used in computers, but not just any computers, gaming computers (not sure why it's so specific) that is incredibly previlent in the DRC. Remember the shortage of PS2's a few years back? Consumers couldn't get enough of 'em, and the manufactorers were out of the material. Hundreds of thousands died so that someone could get their hands on the mineral. Did anyone stop it? Heck no, we gotta have our PS2s... And don't get me started about Sierra Leon and diamonds.

So I'd say education about what really makes a Genocide. Or rather stops it, however statistically speaking the educated will be likely to turn a blind eye towards a genocide occuring on their doorstep if they're not actively helping it along. But then again removing the intellectuals gets you Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, as well as the Cultural Revolution.

Speaking of which, I was talking to a Chinese friend of mine, and she said that of all the recent leaders of China she probably hates Chairman Mao the most because of the Cultural Revolution. That astounded me. (on more than one reason, I thought Mao was dead by the 70's, apparently I need to brush up on my contemporary Chinese history)

Anyway, sometimes there's a certain permisiveness that governments give to people who can get a certain material by doing some bad things. The only way to combat that is to become aware of the situation and make your government aware that you're aware. It'll stop a genocide faster than a land invasion.

[Sven788]

I believe that's whom...

Sorry, couldn't resist!
(I'd probably say something more along the lines of murdering, myself...)

OMG the grammar nazi has arrived....
English is not my first language......

[hellheaven1987]

As my respond from all other Genocide-related threads - wipe out one group is the only way to stop genocide.

[the_mango55]

Doesn't this thread already exist?

[roy34543]

personally think Direct Use of Force under the support of the majority of the International Community as shown during the Bosnian War is the most effective solution.

Of course I believe diplomacy should be the first option. But when it is clearly not working force should be the next option. Other methods such as economic and arms embargo are just stupid because they have been proved to rarely if ever work.

Who gets to decide what is and isnt genocide? Its somewhat ironic how easy it is to use "Preventing Genocide" as an excuse to actually commit it.

[jankren]

It doesnt really have to be a genocide. Im talking about mass massacre. But then again I realize this is not easy. I mean who dare to stop massacres in places such as Russia?

[hellheaven1987]

It doesnt really have to be a genocide. Im talking about mass massacre. But then again I realize this is not easy. I mean who dare to stop massacres in places such as Russia?

Putin??

[Chaigidel]

Genocide is the only answer to stopping genocide.

[AqD]

Genocide is the only answer to stopping genocide.

What if the genocide becomes a war? Race A wants to exterminate Race B, so Race B decides to exterminate Race A to prevent itself from being exterminated - now that Race A cannot stop itself or it'd get exterminated.

After a few generations of fighting, both sides would claim it's necessary and justfied to commit genocide on the other side in order to protect themselves from genocide, and they just cannot stop!

[rusina]

Best way to stop it is killing nation that is trying the genocide.

[boofhead]

Yeah, I don't think the slaughter of Bosnian or Serb males was genocide necessarily. That term is bandied about too freely.

Apart from the obvious solution - violence - an even better one would be for lawmakers to stop ethnic groups who don't get along from living next to each other. In other words, in the modern world, if cultures A and B have problems - ban immigration from one group to the land of the other.

[hellheaven1987]

Apart from the obvious solution - violence - an even better one would be for lawmakers to stop ethnic groups who don't get along from living next to each other. In other words, in the modern world, if cultures A and B have problems - ban immigration from one group to the land of the other.

How about those culture A already in land of culture B?? Depose them just like what Czech did on German after WWII??

The problem is the elements of genocide would not solve even that; therefore, there is no way to stop genocide. People today must accept the fact that different culture must live together, whether they like it or not.

[Farnan]

The best way to stop genocide is with a 5.56mm rounds flying at 884m/s.

[Heathen Hammer]

I personally think Direct Use of Force under the support of the majority of the International Community as shown during the Bosnian War is the most effective solution.

Of course I believe diplomacy should be the first option. But when it is clearly not working force should be the next option. Other methods such as economic and arms embargo are just stupid because they have been proved to rarely if ever work.

It is not very effective, because political and financial elites who rule the "International Community" will save only those they would benefit on saving. For example, as history has shown, they don't give a crap about Serbians, Armenians, or Osetians but they are ready to raise hell about Albanians. Pretty much, "protection from genocide" is just a tool, western political elites use to percieve their own goals.

[Strattios]

The only practical way, though even I think this is a bit much, would be to give the ones commiting it the tools to do it faster. When it's over, it's over.

Though the answer I would go for is action. So what if you make the wrong move, at least you made a move and therefore stood a chance of making the right one instead of the others who just sit there and complain about it. Just look what happened in Europe prior to it officially being called WW2. Hitler had his way and no one tried to stop him until it was to late.

[PacSubCom]

Stop committing it.

[Viking Prince]

What Is The Best Way To Stop Genocide?

Genocide is only a term after the fact. Not to make fun of the point, but how will you know that it has been stopped? You only know when failure to stop it results in genocide.
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The best way to stop organized violence against humanity is for humanity to be organized against such violence. Disarm and jail/execute the thugs of this world. This is the job for every nation, every military, and every political movement.