Hotel Rwanda is a small glimpse of the actual horror of a genocide. People everyday are suffering from someone bigger them telling them where to go and what to do and when they are going to Die... In anthropology we learned about a term called cognitive dissonance and it means people see something and they can't comprehend it because it is so catastrophic and we don't want to think about it. Even as I watched the part in the movie were they are driving over the bodies It didn't really effect me and the reason is i believe is because its so unbelievable. In the back of my mind Im thinking "Oh that can only happen in horror movies." But no, this was a real story. What can we do about it? Thats a tough one to answer. Cause its always going to be happening and we can't just send our troops off to every country in the world to try to keep peace. Nothing will help if we do that. I think the best we can do is help were we are asked. Send money, pray for them, and if a war is necessary, then don't sit around and say "Oh our troops will take care of it" Go out and pick up a gun and do it yourself.
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