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I think perhaps you are deliberately missing the point.
I am NOT trying to underplay what happened in Nanking or the rest of the Far East.
I am saying that the holocaust is a term that applies to a unique event, although actually is not a word that I would prefer to use - because it has connatations of a sacrifice or an offering.
I think, it should not be controversial to say that the word "holocaust" specifically means to most people the campaign against the Jews.
I think both of these events are terrible enough to justify terms which are unique to them.
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for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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