tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248252672578652986.post193891654776015333..comments2023-12-29T21:19:09.123+02:00Comments on Just I and Myself: Over a Thousand Hills... Lambs to the Slaughter?A human kind of humanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12944399986334367708noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248252672578652986.post-69046550949821785752010-01-25T02:26:03.048+02:002010-01-25T02:26:03.048+02:00We hear about the incredible violence enacted in d...We hear about the incredible violence enacted in different parts of the world, tribe against tribe, man against man...and it is horrifying to think about. Rwanda is an excellent example and perhaps because it is so terrible it makes it easier to NOT think about than to think about it and choose to get involved. And that is a problem too.Susan Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04155106135649887676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248252672578652986.post-77933225364614755352010-01-24T19:32:03.782+02:002010-01-24T19:32:03.782+02:00I agree Nezzy. Survival instinct should kick in, ...I agree Nezzy. Survival instinct should kick in, shouldn't it?A human kind of humanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12944399986334367708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248252672578652986.post-70381403653989540152010-01-24T13:57:43.794+02:002010-01-24T13:57:43.794+02:00What an interesting thought to ponder? Why in the...What an interesting thought to ponder? Why in the mist of attack wouldn't ya pull out all the stops and fight back? Just seems like human nature to this Ozarks farm chick. Fear can overcome all other defenses.<br /><br />As we say here in the hills and hollers of the Missouri Ponderosa, "ya'll have a wonderfully blessed day!!!"Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10175389676508928061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248252672578652986.post-90290179426562099192010-01-24T06:52:38.989+02:002010-01-24T06:52:38.989+02:00Thanks Everyone for your comments. It is a very i...Thanks Everyone for your comments. It is a very interesting book, but as I've said, very disturbing. It goes beyond the imagination that humans can treat fellow humans in such a way, yet we have too often seen this happening in Africa specifically. As for the world allowing it, I get the impression that even the UN is big on setting up a show of being involved, but once the real trouble starts, they pack up and go, as happened in Rwanda. I do wish the world would wake up and understand the very basic level of developement in many African countries. You usually have a handful of citizens who are educated and prosperous (those seen on TV and in the printed media) and the vast majority are still living the same life they lived hundreds of years ago and they call it culture or tradition. We often still see evidence of this here in SA, even in the little town where we live.A human kind of humanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12944399986334367708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248252672578652986.post-64233623988613979472010-01-24T05:12:31.272+02:002010-01-24T05:12:31.272+02:00I have heard that same story over and over about t...I have heard that same story over and over about the fighting between the Tutsis and the Hutus. It is heartbreaking.<br /><br />What I don't understand is why the world stood by and let it happen.<br /><br />It was terrible, wasn't it? It sounds like an interesting book, by the way.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248252672578652986.post-52762297825928259412010-01-23T06:58:34.615+02:002010-01-23T06:58:34.615+02:00This sounds like a very sad story. Some people are...This sounds like a very sad story. Some people are pasifists.Gaelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784162697113288888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248252672578652986.post-76910180851725916332010-01-23T02:51:57.874+02:002010-01-23T02:51:57.874+02:00Fear. Here in Hawaii we are taught from birth abou...Fear. Here in Hawaii we are taught from birth about the dangers of the shark. We learn to fear sharks, some hawaiians dont go in the water because of that fear. <br /><br />I wonder if Tutzis were taught to fear rather than fight?Leilani Tresisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07143465112275442843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248252672578652986.post-43290005034469718092010-01-22T21:45:02.088+02:002010-01-22T21:45:02.088+02:00You ask a very good question: did the Tutzis do no...You ask a very good question: did the Tutzis do nothing to defend themselves?<br /><br />Maybe they were taken by complete surprise, maybe they are of an extreme passive nature. I wish to believe that the men among them did try to defend themselves and their family, but were unsuccessful.DUTAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979375799258978432noreply@blogger.com