VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Matt Westwood|DATE|1359383974|CONTENT|[blockquote]So I think there is still considerable justification for asserting that the Holocaust was primarily targeting a race, rather than a religion. Not that it makes a lot of difference to the millions who were murdered.[/blockquote]

My own take on this is even more fundamental: wars in general are, at their most basic, competition for resources. In particular, research &quot;lebensraum&quot;. It is also supposed that the Rwandan Civil War was really caused by population pressure.

Tribalism contributes to the mix, of course, as it will continue to do as long as the human race remains just a bunch of glorified baboons, and religion is just another aspect of tribalism, no more or less irrational than any other of its manifestations.|EMAIL|prime.mover@proofwiki.org|IP-ADDRESS|176.27.245.30|MODERATIONFLAG|