Rich wrote:Genocide is a political / ideological category, not a legal one.
Putting things into categories, and then thinking you *solved something*... is very 19th Century. It is simply not enough to fit things into boxes like this when the things you are fitting are so complex and ongoing.
With individual murder there's hope of getting some at least half way objective legal process for judging and punishing murder. But genocide, don't be silly. Its like trying to prosecute one's enemies for war crimes. The idea threat there could ever be an objective process to arrest, try and punish people for war crimes is totally absurd.
The best way to avoid being convicted and punished for war crimes is to win the war. So in fact often the best way to avoid being punished for war crimes can be to commit more of them.
You seem to be hinting that there will be no restitution or major changes in Canada in response to our newly-recognized history of genocide. And yet, many statues have fallen, many administrations are discussing, many people are hiring lawyers, many streets and institutions are being re-named, Idle-No-More, pipeline cancellations, etc.
And we haven't even gotten China involved yet. Just wait until those big juicy renminbis start rolling in. If you thought Western backing of the Dalai Lama was effective... think how much Chinese aid could help the remaining First Nations to re-acquire some of the rights they used to enjoy.
China (and India and Africa) have every reason to fund the restoration of First Nations governance in North America. And many Latin American countries are much closer to achieving it than Canada is because they recognized the injustice of their settler-colonial-governance earlier.
"Their economy produces things cheaper than ours, so we need to send them some manufactured viruses to level the playing field." - Freedom and Democracy Inc.