“Genocide is a cheese sandwich…What does anyone care about a cheese sandwich? Genocide, genocide, genocide. Cheese sandwich, cheese sandwich, cheese sandwich. Who gives a shit? Crimes against humanity. Where’s humanity? Who’s humanity? You? Me? Did you see a crime committed against you? Hey, just a million Rwandans. Did you ever hear about the Genocide Convention…That Convention makes a nice wrapping for a cheese sandwich.”
– American Military Intelligence Office to Philip Gourevitch –
You define it first. Then compare your definition to the UN definition below.
Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
The files below are all about the lack of a response from the World community to stop genocide. Thus the reference to cheese sandwich. Perhaps the wrapping does make the cheese sandwich a more appetizing food. Perhaps regardless of the wrapping it's just a cheese sandwich.
Armenian Genocide
Holocaust
Cambodia
Rwanda