Eight Stages of Genocide

Darfur: A genocide. Why? Read this.

"Genocide is a process that develops in eight stages that are predictable but not inexorable. At each stage, preventive measures can stop it. The later stages must be preceded by the earlier stages, though earlier stages continue to operate throughout the process."

1. Classification (we and them)
2. Symbolization (we give them a defining mark)
3. Dehumanization (they are not human)
4. Organisation (we must be organised to protect ourselves from them)
5. Polarisation (we must separate ourselves from them)
6. Preparation (we identify and single out all of them)
7. Extermination (we try to exterminate all of them)
8. Denial (we deny that we killed them, and if we did it's their own fault)

"We" can be anyone. "They" can be anyone. The rest of us have all the necessary information to stop the insanity. The rest of us can do something at every stage to stop "We" from killing "Them".