Letter to the editor : 'Force of truth' or 'cheapening' of a word

Notes: "After reading Mark MacDonald's article in the April [2022] edition of the 'Anglican Journal', I can only conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic has created an echo chamber for the leadership of the Anglican Church of Canada. The ease with which those in leadership positions use the term 'genocide' when speaking of the relationship of colonial peoples to Indigenous peoples is illustrative of how presupposed narratives and ideologies are reinforced by limiting exposure to diverse perspectives. Give that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report found Canada guilty of committing 'cultural genocide' against Indigenous people, how does the leadership of the Anglican Church of Canada justify the cheapening of this word for its own political purposes ? As exemplars of a faith that proscribes the imputing of motives to others without evidence, they should know that to accuse the people of Canada of 'the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation of ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group' is entirely inappropriate". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Genocide (The word); Genocide - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Genocide - Religious aspects - Christianity; Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada - History; Colonialism - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada