Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on February 15, 2008, at 20:51:53
In reply to I'm trying to watch Hotel Rowanda..., posted by TexasChic on February 15, 2008, at 19:54:13
Hi TC..
Yes, I can understand your feelings on watching 'Hotel Rwanda'. It's so horrible because it is also all true, based on the horrific genocide that took place in the African country of Rwanda. Even more sad, as it is now happening (and has happened) in so many other African countries lately. Sad and pathetic, of course, is the fact that the rest of the world acts like it doesn't even care. Especially us so-called 'advanced' nations in N. America and Europe.
The number murdered in the Rwanda genocide was probably around the one million mark. Yet, the number of people killed in just a fraction of that in 'disasters' over 'here'(N. America) make annual headlines. Here is a part of a great poem by W. H. Auden:The mass and majesty of this world, all
That carries weight and always weighs the same
Lay in the hands of others; they were small
And could not hope for help and no help came:
What their foes liked to do was done, their shame
Was all the worst could wish; they lost their pride
And died as men before their bodies died.- W.H. Auden, The Shield of Achilles
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