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[kaydeefalls]

Happy birthday, andrealyn! *sends virtual!cake and porny KA vibes*

In other news, everyone must go see Hotel Rwanda. Now. It's the Schindler's List of Rwanda, only more so, because we've all learned about the Holocaust but most of us know next to nothing about the Rwandan genocide. You will cry, and you (okay, or maybe just me) will feel vaguely ashamed of the West for not having done shit. And then you will cry some more. And curse the Academy for nominating The Aviator instead of this, those idiots.

Meanwhile, I have a 5-7 page paper due tomorrow. I have not yet started; I didn't receive the paper topic until Friday. Argh.

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[andrealyn]

Oh, hooray! Yay porny vibes! Thank you muchly!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_theo/]

(stumbled upon your entry by chance.)

I really hope to see Hotel Rwanda in the next coming weeks.

It's pretty sad that to even fully know about the travesty that occurred in Rwanda, a film had to be made about it. But at least now, many can see what happened to a race of people that (at the time) no one seemed to care about.

You will cry, and you (okay, or maybe just me) will feel vaguely ashamed of the West for not having done shit.

And the West is letting it occur once more in the Sudan. I know that we can't all rely on the United States or Europe to scoop in and save everyone, but it's a genocide, you know? We can't stand quiet and let millions of people be murdered. But unfortunately, it seems to be that way when you are a people that live in Africa. I'm hoping that at least one world leader will give a crap about these people so other leaders can help. I really, really hope so.

Also, I hope you at least get a head start with that paper. Perhaps you can ask for a later date to turn it in since you received the topic so late? It doesn't seem fair to write 5-7 pages within the span of a weekend.

[kaydeefalls.livejournal.com]

It's pretty sad that to even fully know about the travesty that occurred in Rwanda, a film had to be made about it. But at least now, many can see what happened to a race of people that (at the time) no one seemed to care about.

Very true. I vaguely remember being told something about it in high school history, but...yeah, not much. This is a movie that needed to be made.