Posted: Feb 18, 2012 1:07 pm
This is a perfect example of why such laws are ill-advised. As far as I can tell, Bagis is not denying that large numbers of Armenians were killed in the conflict. He is just disagreeing with the use of the term "genocide" to describe the event. I fail to see how a disagreement over semantics can be elevated to a criminal offence. Will the Swiss be arresting an American diplomat if he denies that the My Lai massacre was a "genocide"?