# How is genocide defined, with an emphasis on cultural genocide?

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**Created:** [June 13, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-genocide-defined-with-an-emphasis-on-cultural-genocide/944198 "2021-06-13T23:23:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-genocide-defined-with-an-emphasis-on-cultural-genocide/944198/134 "2021-06-16T16:36:07Z")

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> [@Skywatcher](#):
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> You do realize that hardly anyone will take you seriously after making yourself the next @Hal_Briston, yes?

I mean this is 15 years later, nothing materially has changed:

> [@Martin Hyde, you're a fucking idiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-hyde-youre-a-fucking-idiot/344078/80):
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> There’s no “cause” here. The issue of military chaplains is settled, they are never going away, and there’s nothing you can ever do about it. For me to have a “cause” would mean that there’s some sort of issue at hand, this isn’t an issue. It’s like saying one has a “cause” when one recognizes that the United States is never going to change its flag to an orange and black triangle. Also, the majority of this board is nothing but the representation of the worst and most despicable section of…

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