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* relatively few people benefit from the act | * relatively few people benefit from the act | ||
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* those who committed the act did so knowing that it was causing harm | * those who committed the act did so knowing that it was causing harm | ||
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| − | == | + | * [[atrocities]]: listings and accounts of individual atrocities |
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| − | * | + | * {{!in|wikipedia}}: no equivalent page as of 2009-05-25 |
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| + | * {{!in|conservapedia}}: no equivalent page as of 2009-05-25 | ||
| + | * {{!in|dkosopedia}}: no equivalent page as of 2009-05-25; see [[dkosopedia:Special:Search/Atrocity|search]] | ||
| + | * {{!in|sourcewatch}}: no equivalent page as of 2009-05-25; see [[sourcewatch:Special:Search/Atrocity|search]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:41, 26 May 2009
Overview
An atrocity is (tentatively) defined as any act satisfying all of the following conditions:
- great harm is committed to many people
- relatively few people benefit from the act
- those who benefit from the act are among those who committed it
- those who committed the act did so knowing that it was causing harm
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- atrocities: listings and accounts of individual atrocities
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Reference
Wikipedia: no equivalent page as of 2009-05-25- Wiktionary
Conservapedia: no equivalent page as of 2009-05-25
dKosopedia: no equivalent page as of 2009-05-25; see searchSourceWatch: no equivalent page as of 2009-05-25; see search
