"Although it is not possible to set unalterable rules about when multiple murders become massacres. Equally important is the fact that massacres are not carried out by individuals, instead they are carried out by groups... the use of superior, even overwhelming force..." Levene excludes "legal, or even some quasi-legal, mass executions". He also points out that it is "...most often ... when the act is outside the normal moral bounds of the society witnessing it... In any war ... this killing is often acceptable."
Levene، Mark؛ Roberts، Penny (يناير 1, 1999). The Massacre in History. Berghahn Books. ص. 90. ISBN:978-1-57181-934-5. مؤرشف من الأصل في مايو 10, 2016.
"Although it is not possible to set unalterable rules about when multiple murders become massacres. Equally important is the fact that massacres are not carried out by individuals, instead they are carried out by groups... the use of superior, even overwhelming force..." Levene excludes "legal, or even some quasi-legal, mass executions". He also points out that it is "...most often ... when the act is outside the normal moral bounds of the society witnessing it... In any war ... this killing is often acceptable."
Levene، Mark؛ Roberts، Penny (يناير 1, 1999). The Massacre in History. Berghahn Books. ص. 90. ISBN:978-1-57181-934-5. مؤرشف من الأصل في مايو 10, 2016.
