The Pros And Cons Of Genocide

Genocide has been around forever but what exactly is genocide? To start genocide can mean a lot of things. Although its exact definition is genocide is the act of killing members of the group, causing bodily or mental harm to members of a group and preventing average family life (Genocide watch). Genocide is obviously very serious and dangerous. Next there is stages of genocide. There is 10 stages including discrimination, organization, preparation etc (Genocide watch). Every stage of genocide is serious and very important. Lastly the genocide convention was adopted. It was adopted by the United Nation General Assembly on December 9th 1948, the convention entered into force on the 12th of January 1951 (Genocide Watch). Many people try to prevent genocide although because genocides occur there are many negative results.
First the Holocaust had many negative results. To begin it spread hate. Hitler explained his hate for the jews and many others, because of his hate he started what is now known as the Holocaust (10 atrocious genocides in human history). Therefore the Holocaust was born out of hate. Next the Holocaust was deadly. At Least 6 million jews were killed during this period and a few more million of other …show more content…
First, Rwanda split people up. The Europeans divided two groups mostly by economic statuses, the Tutsis being wealthier than the Hutus (10 atrocious genocides in human history). Obviously dividing people can cause serious problems. Second they began killing. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed during this time (10 atrocious genocides in human history). Killing people and children based on their social class is wrong. Third it was a scary and brutal time. The Hutus used rape, mutilation, and the deliberate spread of disease as tools of terror, they used a machete for killings (10 atrocious genocides in human history). Clearly this isn’t right for anyone's wellbeing. All in all Rwanda had many negative