What are the pros and cons of genocide?

Answer 1

I have seen many people answer these questions saying that there are no pro's for genocide... but if that were the case, then why would people do it? Honestly, the person or group of people commiting the act must get something out of it, whether it be money or whatever. Maybe they gain control over land. Other times it may just be pure hatrid for another group.

The con's are really rather blatently obvious, what with all the destroction and the killing and dying etc.

So conclusively:

Con's--

-Killing/Murder

-Death of Innocents

-The ethics of the group committing the act

-[I'm sure you can think or more]

Pro's--

-It may wipe out a disease that spreads from that group

-The group may be a bad influence on the rest of the world

i.e they might be very violent and intrusive

-It could possibly put the country in a better place

-It may be condoneable if this group really can't support

themselves and are slowly and painfully dying out

Answer 2

First off, genocide is the systematic extermination of whole groups of people, so there are no "pros". Thus, it's a bad thing. All con.