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From: MI on 13 Nov 2008 19:02 On 11/12/08 10:14 PM, in article dpgnh4heemlm39kuve85nb1dat0tpdks3s(a)4ax.com, "Sleepyman" <don't(a)bother.com> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:50:31 +1100, Alan S <loralgtweightandcarbs(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:59:17 -0500, Susan >> <nevermind(a)nomail.com> wrote: >> >>> We'd also send troops to the Congo, would have acted in Rwanda before >>> genocide, etc. There are any number of reasons, both good and bad, that >>> we don't police the globe. >> >> Nonsense. Have you read the history of the Rwandan genocide? >> Start here: >> http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/ >> >> The US, Belgium, other nations and the UN all got their own >> people out and then washed their hands of the problem. It's >> an enduring shame for the western world, particularly >> considering the colonial Belgian histroy of the creation of >> the artificial tribal Hutu and Tutsi divisions a century >> earlier. >> >> I watched one of the saddest movies I have ever seen a few >> weeks ago, which is one of the reasons why I followed up to >> learn a bit more of the history: >> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420901/ >> "Shooting Dogs" was apparently released in the USA as >> "Beyond the Gates". I don't know why, because you will see >> that the original title is very apt if you watch the movie. >> >> The present Congo civil war is closely related and is in a >> Congo border region next to Rwanda. >> >> Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. > > I just heard of Shooting Dogs/Beyond the Gates. I hope to see it. I tried to > follow the Rawanda situation as it developed. I was horrified. A story would > turn up about once every fortnight on the evening news, and you'd find things > buried on pg 45 in the newspaper. That Clinton, or the UN or any civilized > nation on earth should have allowed that to happen, is criminal. Not that we > should hold the former in such disregard, without considering humanities blood > soaked past. Supposedly the cranium is expanding. You'd never know it from all > the extra corpses that lay hidden. > > > > Sleepy > ----------------------------------------------- > I saw a subliminal advertising executive, > but only for a second. > > Stephen Wright That behavior caused a Canadian general to try to commit suicide. He kept telling everyone what was going on and no one would listen to him. If you are really interested, read Shake Hands with the Devil by Romeo Dallaire. Not a pleasant read. -- Martha T2 Canada 1500mg. Metformin, 4mg. Avandia
From: Sleepyman on 16 Nov 2008 22:09
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:02:39 -0800, MI <quilchenapark(a)shaw.ca> wrote: > > > >On 11/12/08 10:14 PM, in article dpgnh4heemlm39kuve85nb1dat0tpdks3s(a)4ax.com, >"Sleepyman" <don't(a)bother.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:50:31 +1100, Alan S <loralgtweightandcarbs(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:59:17 -0500, Susan >>> <nevermind(a)nomail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> We'd also send troops to the Congo, would have acted in Rwanda before >>>> genocide, etc. There are any number of reasons, both good and bad, that >>>> we don't police the globe. >>> >>> Nonsense. Have you read the history of the Rwandan genocide? >>> Start here: >>> http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/ >>> >>> The US, Belgium, other nations and the UN all got their own >>> people out and then washed their hands of the problem. It's >>> an enduring shame for the western world, particularly >>> considering the colonial Belgian histroy of the creation of >>> the artificial tribal Hutu and Tutsi divisions a century >>> earlier. >>> >>> I watched one of the saddest movies I have ever seen a few >>> weeks ago, which is one of the reasons why I followed up to >>> learn a bit more of the history: >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420901/ >>> "Shooting Dogs" was apparently released in the USA as >>> "Beyond the Gates". I don't know why, because you will see >>> that the original title is very apt if you watch the movie. >>> >>> The present Congo civil war is closely related and is in a >>> Congo border region next to Rwanda. >>> >>> Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. >> >> I just heard of Shooting Dogs/Beyond the Gates. I hope to see it. I tried to >> follow the Rawanda situation as it developed. I was horrified. A story would >> turn up about once every fortnight on the evening news, and you'd find things >> buried on pg 45 in the newspaper. That Clinton, or the UN or any civilized >> nation on earth should have allowed that to happen, is criminal. Not that we >> should hold the former in such disregard, without considering humanities blood >> soaked past. Supposedly the cranium is expanding. You'd never know it from all >> the extra corpses that lay hidden. >> >> >> >> Sleepy >> ----------------------------------------------- >> I saw a subliminal advertising executive, >> but only for a second. >> >> Stephen Wright > >That behavior caused a Canadian general to try to commit suicide. He kept >telling everyone what was going on and no one would listen to him. If you >are really interested, read Shake Hands with the Devil by Romeo Dallaire. >Not a pleasant read. I'll see if I can find it in my library. The man is a true hero. He must be haunted by what he had to stand by and see during the Rwandan Genocide. Sleepy ----------------------------------------------- I saw a subliminal advertising executive, but only for a second. Stephen Wright |