The broader charge was always risky, but, for many advocates, it is an article of faith that genocide was Bosnia-wide. Still, the problem with genocide is not narrow judging, but that the crime itself is doubly irredeemable: it is defective in its definition and troubling in its moral and political effects.
扩大诉讼范围常常伴随着风险，但对很多支持者而言，他们坚定不移的相信波斯尼亚全境普遍发生了种族灭绝。尽管如此，种族灭绝真正的问题并不在于狭义的判断，而在于这种罪行本身的性质加倍的无可救药：种族灭绝在定义上就存在缺陷，同时又会造成令人不安的道德和政治影响。