Kill every Armenian man, woman, and child without concern for anything.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The quote calls for the wholesale killing of Armenian people without any concern.
- In plain terms
- Kill every Armenian man, woman, and child.
- What can you take from it?
- This is an explicit call for genocide.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can such rhetoric be prevented?
- What responsibility do societies have to stop genocide?
Another view
It is a criminal statement that violates international law.
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