Post by Radrook Admin on Jul 10, 2024 19:38:12 GMT -5
Nuances of Semantics to Justify Crimes
Here are some other examples:
Isn't it curious how humans tend to use the nuances of semantics in an attempt to make the morally condemnable appear to be justifiable or even morally necessary?
For example, during the struggle between native Americans and Europeans in what is now the United States, the classification of massacres as battles, and battles as massacres totally depended on who the winner or the loser of the battles turned out to be.
You see, if native Americans won, then the battle was always tagged a massacre while all victories by Europeans, no matter how unprovoked, and regardless of how one- sided it might have been, such as the attack of Custer's Seventh Cavalry on the sleeping village and the killing of helpless women and children, was always referred to as a battle.
This cunning policy called using a euphemism, or a substitute word or phrase. in order to make morally unacceptable behavior appear to be morally justifiable and even noble.
For example, during the struggle between native Americans and Europeans in what is now the United States, the classification of massacres as battles, and battles as massacres totally depended on who the winner or the loser of the battles turned out to be.
You see, if native Americans won, then the battle was always tagged a massacre while all victories by Europeans, no matter how unprovoked, and regardless of how one- sided it might have been, such as the attack of Custer's Seventh Cavalry on the sleeping village and the killing of helpless women and children, was always referred to as a battle.
This cunning policy called using a euphemism, or a substitute word or phrase. in order to make morally unacceptable behavior appear to be morally justifiable and even noble.
Example: "Battle" of the Washita River
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/custer-massacres-cheyenne-on-washita-riverHere are some other examples:
Crystal Night = The legalized destruction of thousands Jewish houses and businesses in one night.
Final Solution= The attempted annihilation of Jewish people. Six million perished under this euphemism.
Relocation = The forced transportation of Jewish populations to German concentration camps to be systematically executed or worked and starved to death .
Showers = Gas chambers
Collateral damage:
Death of citizens or noncombatants, such as the sick, elderly and children as was the case in the German city of Dresden, where these were roasted alive by indiscriminate allied bombings as they sought shelter in vain.
Hostiles:
Those defending themselves from invasion of their homeland as in the Pandorean Nevi in the Sci Fi film Avatar.
And last, but certainly not least:
Procreation Rights = The systematic murdering of unborn humans by those who chose not to prevent their conception.
Final Solution= The attempted annihilation of Jewish people. Six million perished under this euphemism.
Relocation = The forced transportation of Jewish populations to German concentration camps to be systematically executed or worked and starved to death .
Showers = Gas chambers
Collateral damage:
Death of citizens or noncombatants, such as the sick, elderly and children as was the case in the German city of Dresden, where these were roasted alive by indiscriminate allied bombings as they sought shelter in vain.
Hostiles:
Those defending themselves from invasion of their homeland as in the Pandorean Nevi in the Sci Fi film Avatar.
And last, but certainly not least:
Procreation Rights = The systematic murdering of unborn humans by those who chose not to prevent their conception.