tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post116379733851228977..comments2023-11-05T03:12:10.925-06:00Comments on Renegade Eye: HOTEL RWANDA -- Hollywood and the Holocaust in Central Africa -- by keith harmon snowFrank Partisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1164307449524587162006-11-23T12:44:00.000-06:002006-11-23T12:44:00.000-06:00Interesting article. How true it is I don't know. ...Interesting article. How true it is I don't know. Ultimately, truth is determined by the victorious side. If the Interahamwe had won the war, this article would now be the Official Truth. Films would be made about heroic Interahamwe soldiers saving Hutu women and children from genocidaire RPF monsters...<BR/><BR/>If Hitler had won World War II, we would get films about heroic Wehrmacht soldiers saving Ukrainian women and children from bloodthirsty NKVD henchmen...<BR/><BR/>And guess what... like Hotel Rwanda, all those films would be at least partly true. With all the inconvenient bits cut out...soniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938174968325568608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1163980462178314202006-11-19T17:54:00.000-06:002006-11-19T17:54:00.000-06:00holoscholar: Thank you visiting my blog. I checke...holoscholar: Thank you visiting my blog. I checked out your links, and I can tell my readers, they are not denial links.<BR/><BR/>I posted this article, for the sake of discussion. I never read before, a critique like that of the movie.<BR/><BR/>mullet: Clintom was about expediency. The US fled Somalia, and still feeling the wounds. Why the US sabotaged all international action, is an important question.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1163974835372359212006-11-19T16:20:00.000-06:002006-11-19T16:20:00.000-06:00That is one helluva write-up. It has prompted me t...That is one helluva write-up. It has prompted me to get hold of the film from a torrent site, to judge for myself.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01301285955635624621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1163961721131504282006-11-19T12:42:00.000-06:002006-11-19T12:42:00.000-06:00I saw a similiar movie called Sometimes in April. ...I saw a similiar movie called Sometimes in April. Before I saw it, I am ashamed to say that I had no idea hat took place in Rwanda. There definately needs to be more awareness about situations like this in Africa.LeftyHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05870433011584211043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1163924043841365322006-11-19T02:14:00.000-06:002006-11-19T02:14:00.000-06:00wordsbody: If I could write as good as you do, I'd...wordsbody: If I could write as good as you do, I'd be rich and famous. <BR/><BR/>anonymous: I posted this article, because it's a tool for discussing the subject. I think the main point is that the Rwanda episode, was not a good vs bad.<BR/><BR/>brian: Your link to the post on Zimbabwe should be read by all.<BR/><BR/>bob: Good you are back cheeseman.<BR/><BR/>Dahlia: Good point. It is worthwhile to visit her blog.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1163878008786899422006-11-18T13:26:00.000-06:002006-11-18T13:26:00.000-06:00Of course "Hotel Rwanda" tells a distorted version...Of course "Hotel Rwanda" tells a distorted version of the facts, all of recorded history in some way, shape, or form is distorted from what actually occurred due to the fact that history is exactly that: his (or her) story and is generally written by the victor in any conflict.<BR/><BR/>How else can you explain the version of American History that is taught in public schools that leads people to believe that our country has never committed a human rights violation, used biological weapons in warfare, or bulldozed people's homes*?<BR/><BR/>No doubt there were atrocities performed on both sides in Rwanda, but, as in any good story, it looses something in the telling if the "victim" has victimized someone.<BR/><BR/>*One of the few good things that Bill Clinton performed was putting a halt to this practice and granting the Timbisha Shoshone a reservation in Death ValleyBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812133595782131796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1163872574862055162006-11-18T11:56:00.000-06:002006-11-18T11:56:00.000-06:00We can distinguish between the actor and the act a...We can distinguish between the actor and the act and can argue about causality, but we can not disagree over the facts seen in the piles of bones and hacked limbs. Our focus is to engage with the human deficiency and moral depravity that resulted in the act.Dahliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364216407000101165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1163865524812645282006-11-18T09:58:00.000-06:002006-11-18T09:58:00.000-06:00Some people are more concerned about their ideolog...Some people are more concerned about their ideology than about humanity.<BR/><BR/>BTW-Here's the essay in which I wrote about the obscene death rate in Mugabeland. It's a tad more outraged than most of my stuff but it has links to relevant stats.<BR/><BR/>http://blackstarjournal.blogspot.com/2006/11/death-rate-in-zimbabwe-higher-than-in.htmlBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797243971179303040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1163865335244149922006-11-18T09:55:00.000-06:002006-11-18T09:55:00.000-06:00" There were many acts of genocide. But was it gen..." There were many acts of genocide. But was it genocide or civil war? "<BR/><BR/>If something comprises 'many acts of genocide' then it is by definition a genocide.<BR/><BR/>The idea that something can either be a genocide or civil war is a false dichotomy which should be discredited by now.<BR/><BR/>And I have little regard for any group that canonizes Mugabe. Especially considering recent reports that dying there at a faster rate than in Darfur, Lebanon or Iraq!<BR/><BR/>Of course, certain things are causes celebres (like a couple hundred dead in Lebanon) and other things aren't (like 3000 dead a week in Zim).Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797243971179303040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1163811144622031582006-11-17T18:52:00.000-06:002006-11-17T18:52:00.000-06:00ARE YOU A REVISIONIST?ARE YOU A REVISIONIST?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1163805723720077652006-11-17T17:22:00.000-06:002006-11-17T17:22:00.000-06:00Wow, Renegade, this sure is l-o-n-g. I shall go an...Wow, Renegade, this sure is l-o-n-g. I shall go and make myself some cocoa and then come back and have a nice long read, then I'll see what I make of it. <BR/><BR/>I'll be back,<BR/><BR/>MWWordsbodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965726929008839788noreply@blogger.com