Rwanda 1994: Almost 1 million lives lost
Tonight I watched a move you are probably familiar with - Hotel Rwanda. I am still sitting here in shock unable to believe what I saw on the screen or think of anything else.
It disgusts me that an event so enormous was truly brought to my attention 12 years after the fact. I went to school for 16 years and never once learned about this mass genocide - or similar world events. My own ignorance disgusts me. The thought of how little I know about the world around me and its history scares me.
Paul is a true hero - his courage and leadership was incredible. He refused to be defeated and saved hundreds of lives. The UN commander - did everything possible to defend the refugees and bring them to freedom. And the red cross woman - out in the field rescuing orphans and searching for missing children. These individuals are true heroes who acted with integrity and put the interests of others before their personal welfare. Truly inspirational.
I want to know more about the events that have marked world history and specifically about this genocide in Rwanda and the current situation there. Learning always better late than never.
New British Film on the 1994 Genocide: Shooting Dogs
When will it hit the U.S.?
6 Comments:
i wonder why you havent seen that movie. i have seen it like 5 times.
i think that that is the outcome of having all these "public opinion generator" media corporations. that have to make us feel good that the world is good place to live in. and dont think much about what is beyong our own borders.
and there are so many things like Hotel Rwanda. how about the Srebrenica massacre, Sarajevo, Kosovo, Sri lanka, Indonesia, Uganda, Beslan, Checnia etc etc
I have lived in this kind of envoronment, although is wasnt 1M people, i know how does it feels your family to be in danger, your friends dying, having the battle fields in your "backyard" etc.
and people just hope that it wont happen again. and they blame eachother and dont do anything about it. they dont prevent it from happening again.
that is what discqusts me.
and that should be the message of all these movies. dont let it happen again.
Good that we have this Heroes. Make me still beleive in the world.
i wonder why you havent seen that movie. i have seen it like 5 times.
i think that that is the outcome of having all these "public opinion generator" media corporations. that have to make us feel good that the world is good place to live in. and dont think much about what is beyong our own borders.
and there are so many things like Hotel Rwanda. how about the Srebrenica massacre, Sarajevo, Kosovo, Sri lanka, Indonesia, Uganda, Beslan, Checnia etc etc
I have lived in this kind of envoronment, although is wasnt 1M people, i know how does it feels your family to be in danger, your friends dying, having the battle fields in your "backyard" etc.
and people just hope that it wont happen again. and they blame eachother and dont do anything about it. they dont prevent it from happening again.
that is what disqusts me.
and that should be the message of all these movies. dont let it happen again.
Good that we have this Heroes. Make me still beleive in the world.
Sadly, this continues to happen. Look at Darfur! There was a really sad article in the Washington Post on Sunday about all of the horrible human rights violations happening in Africa and being led by dictators in African countries! The corruption there is out of control.
sarah, if you want to learn more about rwanda i recommend a book called "we wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families" by paul gorevitch and "shake hands with the devil" by roméo dallaire, who was the former head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in rwanda. depressing, but really important.
I recommend you get a subscription to the Economist. It is biased towards British and US interests, but it does give you a good overview about topics that are important around the world right now. I know it's not the most fun thing to read, but gets you a good starting point to stay on top of things going on in the world right now.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU CRAZY YOOPER!
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