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Genocide is a... contested term. At the risk of pulling a Godwin, not every single Jewish person, homosexual or gypsy died as a result of the Holocaust, but it would still be classed as a genocide by many, even most people. The International Criminal Court defines it as \
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Genocide is a... contested term. At the risk of pulling a Godwin, not every single Jewish person, homosexual or gypsy died as a result of the Holocaust, but it would still be classed as a genocide by many, even most people. The International Criminal Court defines it as \\\"the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group\\\"; it doesn\\\'t have to involve the literal extermination of every single member of the group in question, but a fairly significant number of them.
And like WWRU says, in order for the enemy to \\\'see what these robots could do\\\', given that this is a galactic war we\\\'re talking about by inference that probably involved killing a lot of people. Jex himself certainly seems to indicate so; in his discussion about his people\\\'s religious beliefs, he mentions how they believe they have to carry those they have wronged or killed in such a way that suggests he\\\'s talking about more than just the people he converted into robots. And, of course, there\\\'s the whole parallel being constructed between himself and the Doctor, a man who \\\'\\\'has\\\'\\\' committed a genocide (several, in fact). The episode certainly seems to provide plenty of room for the interpretation that Jex is responsible for, if not a genocide, then a \\\'\\\'lot\\\'\\\' of deaths at very least.
And like WWRU says, in order for the enemy to \\\'see what these robots could do\\\', given that this is a galactic war we\\\'re talking about by inference that probably involved killing a lot of people. Jex himself certainly seems to indicate so; in his discussion about his people\\\'s religious beliefs, he mentions how they believe they have to carry those they have wronged or killed in such a way that suggests he\\\'s talking about more than just the people he converted into robots. And, of course, there\\\'s the whole parallel being constructed between himself and the Doctor, a man who \\\'\\\'has\\\'\\\' committed a genocide (several, in fact). The episode certainly seems to provide plenty of room for the interpretation that Jex is responsible for, if not a genocide, then a \\\'\\\'lot\\\'\\\' of deaths at very least.
