Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Amber Sanabria Reflection
I think that the Rwnada Genocide shows how something as horrible as the Holocust is possible again. I think that it's horrible that they didn't have as much animosity towards eachother in the beginning. The genocide got as bad as it was because the Belgians came in and made the Tutsis more superior to the Hutus which caused alot of controversy within Rwanda. This was deffinatly a big problem that had been formed. My feelings toward the genocide is that it was a horrible event.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Nick Sandone Reflection
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights told people that every person in the world that they had the right to live, to be a human, and to be treated fair. But when the Hutu started there genocide in 1993 they did not follow the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They killed people out of a certain ethnic group even though they had not done anything previously to that.
The Rwandan Genocide was like the Holocaust a lot. There was anti-semitism but in a different way. The Hutus hated the Tutsi like the Nazis hated the Jews. The Hutus also massacred the Tutsi, just like the Nazis killed the Jews. I think that this was like the Holocaust very much because the Hutu acted alike to the Tutsi as did the Nazis to the Jews.
Humanism was completely avoided during the Rwandan Genocide. The idea that an individual mattered had no impact on what the Hutu did. The set up blockades and roadblocks just to get Tutsi into huge groups. They would then mow all of them down. It disregarded an individuals rights.
I think that the leadership in Rwanda was terrible. It showed that they had absolutely no eye on the Hutu. They had a large uprising to throw out foreign leaders. They killed 2 major leaders of the country. As soon as the third and final leader, until the end of the genocide, died they began there terrible act. From that point some of the leader countries that sent in leaders in the first place should have came in with military.
There is so much sorrow to give to these people were their lives were ended in a genocide. There were 800,000 people killed in 100 days. That means that there were 8,000 people killed every day. The Hutu gave absolutely no sorrow for anyone. That even includes children. They were treated like they were nothing.
The Rwandan Genocide was like the Holocaust a lot. There was anti-semitism but in a different way. The Hutus hated the Tutsi like the Nazis hated the Jews. The Hutus also massacred the Tutsi, just like the Nazis killed the Jews. I think that this was like the Holocaust very much because the Hutu acted alike to the Tutsi as did the Nazis to the Jews.
Humanism was completely avoided during the Rwandan Genocide. The idea that an individual mattered had no impact on what the Hutu did. The set up blockades and roadblocks just to get Tutsi into huge groups. They would then mow all of them down. It disregarded an individuals rights.
I think that the leadership in Rwanda was terrible. It showed that they had absolutely no eye on the Hutu. They had a large uprising to throw out foreign leaders. They killed 2 major leaders of the country. As soon as the third and final leader, until the end of the genocide, died they began there terrible act. From that point some of the leader countries that sent in leaders in the first place should have came in with military.
There is so much sorrow to give to these people were their lives were ended in a genocide. There were 800,000 people killed in 100 days. That means that there were 8,000 people killed every day. The Hutu gave absolutely no sorrow for anyone. That even includes children. They were treated like they were nothing.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Derek's Personal Reflection
The Declaration of Human Rights obviously does not mean anything to certain people in the world. For example, the Rwandan Genocide showed us that rights could be stripped away from a race and be treated as inferior. The United Nations did not even step in until after the Genocide had ended after countless bloodshed. If there is no one to reinforce the Declaration of Human Rights, no one will follow them. They are ignored. This relates to the Holocaust because the same occured, genocide and attempted extermination of a certain race by a stronger nation. In Germany, the Nazis beleived that the Jews were responsible for their downfall in WWI and exacted revenge by almost erasing their entire population from the face of the earth. In Rwanda, the Hutus attacked the Tutsis in beleif that the Tutsis wanted to take over but were only trying to express their right as a Rwandan citizen. In both cases, the innocent were violently harassed.
The Rwandan Genocide denied this major principle of individuals. Individuals did not matter to Hutus militia groups. They killed and and pillaged the Tutsis not thinking of humanism. They were inferior, a lower class of life, and subhuman to them. The Hutus killed because of race and appearance. That is why they killed 800,000 to 1,000,000 people in the hundred day Rwandan Genocide.
I feel terrible and almost disgusted of what had happened in the Kingdom of Rwanda. The Hutus violence towards the Tutsis was extremely un-called for. The victims of the Genocide, mainly the Tutsis, were only expressing their opinion to live in the Rwanda Kingdom. I feel extremely bad for the victims. They were innocent. The victims did not deserve any discrimination or death. The perpetrators are forever guilty. They killed thousands in cold blood relentlessly. I cannot begin to imagine this. The leadership of this Genocide surprised me even more. The government had supported the militia group. I was dumbfounded at how the Government had not taken a more peaceful way to solve this. Instead, they listened to a militia who had no evidence that the Tutsis were going to take over their kingdom. They gave weapons and helped build training camps. The government supported the Genocide and mass killings. They should also be punished for not seeing anything wrong with what the Hutus had been doing. The Hutus should be severly punished for their unspeakable atrocity.
Yes the peacekeepers by the United Nations are acceptable to me. If two groups of people get into a fight and both equally hate each other, who will stop them if there is no winner? There will just be more endless killing until each side is completely dead. This is why we need someone to intervene if the situation gets out of control. The fighting will not stop unless someone steps in between to break it up. Even if the sovereign countries do not want the peacekeepers help, we can judge on how bad the situation is and decide if we should make and effort to bring peace.
I would support the United Nations to step into the United States if they had a legitimate reason. The only time they could step in is if we had broken the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. If there was a genocide inside the United States that we as a government could not control, I myself, would look for outside help such as the United Nations. This is why the world had created the United Nations in the first place. They must enter other countries in order to keep the peace if the country could not solve their problem or the country itself had broken human rights like Germany and the Holocaust.
The Rwandan Genocide denied this major principle of individuals. Individuals did not matter to Hutus militia groups. They killed and and pillaged the Tutsis not thinking of humanism. They were inferior, a lower class of life, and subhuman to them. The Hutus killed because of race and appearance. That is why they killed 800,000 to 1,000,000 people in the hundred day Rwandan Genocide.
I feel terrible and almost disgusted of what had happened in the Kingdom of Rwanda. The Hutus violence towards the Tutsis was extremely un-called for. The victims of the Genocide, mainly the Tutsis, were only expressing their opinion to live in the Rwanda Kingdom. I feel extremely bad for the victims. They were innocent. The victims did not deserve any discrimination or death. The perpetrators are forever guilty. They killed thousands in cold blood relentlessly. I cannot begin to imagine this. The leadership of this Genocide surprised me even more. The government had supported the militia group. I was dumbfounded at how the Government had not taken a more peaceful way to solve this. Instead, they listened to a militia who had no evidence that the Tutsis were going to take over their kingdom. They gave weapons and helped build training camps. The government supported the Genocide and mass killings. They should also be punished for not seeing anything wrong with what the Hutus had been doing. The Hutus should be severly punished for their unspeakable atrocity.
Yes the peacekeepers by the United Nations are acceptable to me. If two groups of people get into a fight and both equally hate each other, who will stop them if there is no winner? There will just be more endless killing until each side is completely dead. This is why we need someone to intervene if the situation gets out of control. The fighting will not stop unless someone steps in between to break it up. Even if the sovereign countries do not want the peacekeepers help, we can judge on how bad the situation is and decide if we should make and effort to bring peace.
I would support the United Nations to step into the United States if they had a legitimate reason. The only time they could step in is if we had broken the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. If there was a genocide inside the United States that we as a government could not control, I myself, would look for outside help such as the United Nations. This is why the world had created the United Nations in the first place. They must enter other countries in order to keep the peace if the country could not solve their problem or the country itself had broken human rights like Germany and the Holocaust.
WHO WAS INVOLVED?
There were two major ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis. The Hutus made up more than half of the population. They were also the more technologically advanced than the Tutsis. They had guns and a military. The Tutsi later built a rebellious guerrilla army. There were two leaders, Francois Mitterand and Cyprien Ntarymirathat were killed. The Hutus continued to kill the leaders. Then in late 1993 the Hutu began to set up there roadblocks and barricades. They began their organized slaughter.
There were two major ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis. The Hutus made up more than half of the population. They were also the more technologically advanced than the Tutsis. They had guns and a military. The Tutsi later built a rebellious guerrilla army. There were two leaders, Francois Mitterand and Cyprien Ntarymirathat were killed. The Hutus continued to kill the leaders. Then in late 1993 the Hutu began to set up there roadblocks and barricades. They began their organized slaughter.
Results of the Genocide
The genocide was finally over in July of 1994. When it was all over the death toll was around 1,000,000 people. Paul Kagame seized power and over ruled Hutu. Thousands of Hutu retreated to Zaire because they were afraid of the enemy countering their attack. After the Genocide the remaining hatred led to the first and second Congo wars. Villages were burned and things were stolen and looted from the people. The war lasted about a year before it was put to an end.
Matt Sieminski's Reflection
Rwandan Genocide
Matt Sieminski Period 3
This event tells us that every human has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We all have these rights but people can take them away temporarily such as what was done to the Tutsis and Hutu sympathizers during the Rwandan Genocide. It is illegal to take away human rights without just cause and the United Nations should arrest those who take them away. Did the United Nations act? No, they were too busy in Europe to even send their regards to the people of Rwanda. Even though this is now over none of the survivors can pursuit happiness because their families were torn apart, killed and mangled, because of someone else’s beliefs. It was and still is an abomination how the U.N acted during the Rwandan Genocide.
This event is very similar to the Holocaust. Two groups called the Intehamwe and Interagumbi acted as the SS did during the holocaust. They tried to exterminate the Tutsis and Hutus who were like Jews and Homosexuals. They felt like they had the right to kill these people just because of their beliefs. They felt like they had the right to kill children because of their beliefs. Just like what happened in the Holocaust. The Rwandan genocide and the holocaust are wounds in humanity that still have not healed and may never heal.
This event denies the ideas of humanism. It doesn’t matter what kind of laws a government is based upon, there will always be people that think they are better than others. These thoughts have crippled society for thousands of years. Everyone thinks that humanism is a good thing but there are those who hold themselves higher then the human population. That is why humanism is denied. That is why events like the Rwanda Genocide have occurred.
This event makes me feel appalled how appointed government officials would betray their people and not only that but kill their people. It is sickening how they don’t even care. I seriously hate those that are responsible for these crimes. How they can kill, torture, and mangle humans just like the themselves is beyond me. UI pity the victims killed in the genocide, but I feel worse for those who had survived it. They had been torn from families, and they watched them die. It must be the worst possible feeling.
Peace keeping efforts by the United Nations are not acceptable to me. Even thought they know about the atrocities that were going on in Rwanda, they did nothing. They were too focused on a much smaller problem in Europe. If the United Nations won’t help, who will? The UN didn’t want to get involved, and by not getting involved millions of people were massacred in front of their own families. The Rwanda Genocide was one of the worst massacres in history, but it would have had less of an impact if the UN had actually done something about it.
Matt Sieminski Period 3
This event tells us that every human has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We all have these rights but people can take them away temporarily such as what was done to the Tutsis and Hutu sympathizers during the Rwandan Genocide. It is illegal to take away human rights without just cause and the United Nations should arrest those who take them away. Did the United Nations act? No, they were too busy in Europe to even send their regards to the people of Rwanda. Even though this is now over none of the survivors can pursuit happiness because their families were torn apart, killed and mangled, because of someone else’s beliefs. It was and still is an abomination how the U.N acted during the Rwandan Genocide.
This event is very similar to the Holocaust. Two groups called the Intehamwe and Interagumbi acted as the SS did during the holocaust. They tried to exterminate the Tutsis and Hutus who were like Jews and Homosexuals. They felt like they had the right to kill these people just because of their beliefs. They felt like they had the right to kill children because of their beliefs. Just like what happened in the Holocaust. The Rwandan genocide and the holocaust are wounds in humanity that still have not healed and may never heal.
This event denies the ideas of humanism. It doesn’t matter what kind of laws a government is based upon, there will always be people that think they are better than others. These thoughts have crippled society for thousands of years. Everyone thinks that humanism is a good thing but there are those who hold themselves higher then the human population. That is why humanism is denied. That is why events like the Rwanda Genocide have occurred.
This event makes me feel appalled how appointed government officials would betray their people and not only that but kill their people. It is sickening how they don’t even care. I seriously hate those that are responsible for these crimes. How they can kill, torture, and mangle humans just like the themselves is beyond me. UI pity the victims killed in the genocide, but I feel worse for those who had survived it. They had been torn from families, and they watched them die. It must be the worst possible feeling.
Peace keeping efforts by the United Nations are not acceptable to me. Even thought they know about the atrocities that were going on in Rwanda, they did nothing. They were too focused on a much smaller problem in Europe. If the United Nations won’t help, who will? The UN didn’t want to get involved, and by not getting involved millions of people were massacred in front of their own families. The Rwanda Genocide was one of the worst massacres in history, but it would have had less of an impact if the UN had actually done something about it.
Jonathan Bonds Personal Reflection
The Rwandan genocide was one of the more hideous events in recent world history. It is defiantly in the top 10 biggest and most obvious violations of the Declaration of Human Rights. The Declaration of Human rights clearly states that all persons have the right to adequate diet, and shelter. That everyone has the right to security of person, and that all people, no matter how good or evil they may be, deserve a fair trial to whatever crime or crimes they are being accused of.
The Hutu, who composed approximately 90% of the Rwandan population, decided that they were not content with the way that the Tutsis were running the country. Although they only composed about 10% of the Rwandan population, they were more powerful (politically) and they were generally richer. The Hutu people of Rwanda decided to change this system of rich get richer and poor get poorer, so they overthrew the Tutsi Rwandan government, and began the Genocide of all Rwandan Tutsis. The horrific event lasted only one hundred days; from April 6th, to mid-July and the during the hundred days, over 800,000 Tutsis, and moderate Hutu were slaughtered.
The U.N., is an establishment to protect human rights, and maintain Global Peace. that is the job that they are required to do, but they rarely actually do any massive action. National Sovereignty is what usually is more important than individual rights to a government. i think this event is extremely close to the Holocaust. The minority , the Tutsi, and the majority, the Hutu. The Tutsi were forced into refugee camps and slave labor camps (hard labor). They were worked, murdered, or subject to unimaginable torture. while all this is going on, the U.N. did absolutely nothing physical to stop this mass slaughter. By the time any of the few concerned countries had even started voting about sending troops, hundreds of thousands of innocent Tutsis had been ruthlessly massacred by friends, family, or just a passing Hutu on the street. the Rwandan Genocide is a complete contradiction of the entire idea of Humanism. The Hutu Militia ( Impuzamugambi and Interhamwe) did things that were only equalled by Nazi SS officers. They ignored the individual, and focused on eliminating the entire ethnic group. This is the very idea of Ethnic Cleansing. to the Hutu Militia, a Tutsi was a Tutsi, and they did not posses the right to security of person, so they should die. The short lived Hutu Government was on a mission to exterminate an entire ethnic group of people. the individual did not matter, on either side. This was a definite contradiction of the Declaration of Human rights.
when i began to read about this horrific period in history, i was amazed at the rate of killing in Rwanda, and how much the two groups deeply hated each other for reasons that were not worth the cost in the end. the innocent people of Rwanda were sucked into a war between two groups in one government that was not entirely necessary.
The Hutu, who composed approximately 90% of the Rwandan population, decided that they were not content with the way that the Tutsis were running the country. Although they only composed about 10% of the Rwandan population, they were more powerful (politically) and they were generally richer. The Hutu people of Rwanda decided to change this system of rich get richer and poor get poorer, so they overthrew the Tutsi Rwandan government, and began the Genocide of all Rwandan Tutsis. The horrific event lasted only one hundred days; from April 6th, to mid-July and the during the hundred days, over 800,000 Tutsis, and moderate Hutu were slaughtered.
The U.N., is an establishment to protect human rights, and maintain Global Peace. that is the job that they are required to do, but they rarely actually do any massive action. National Sovereignty is what usually is more important than individual rights to a government. i think this event is extremely close to the Holocaust. The minority , the Tutsi, and the majority, the Hutu. The Tutsi were forced into refugee camps and slave labor camps (hard labor). They were worked, murdered, or subject to unimaginable torture. while all this is going on, the U.N. did absolutely nothing physical to stop this mass slaughter. By the time any of the few concerned countries had even started voting about sending troops, hundreds of thousands of innocent Tutsis had been ruthlessly massacred by friends, family, or just a passing Hutu on the street. the Rwandan Genocide is a complete contradiction of the entire idea of Humanism. The Hutu Militia ( Impuzamugambi and Interhamwe) did things that were only equalled by Nazi SS officers. They ignored the individual, and focused on eliminating the entire ethnic group. This is the very idea of Ethnic Cleansing. to the Hutu Militia, a Tutsi was a Tutsi, and they did not posses the right to security of person, so they should die. The short lived Hutu Government was on a mission to exterminate an entire ethnic group of people. the individual did not matter, on either side. This was a definite contradiction of the Declaration of Human rights.
when i began to read about this horrific period in history, i was amazed at the rate of killing in Rwanda, and how much the two groups deeply hated each other for reasons that were not worth the cost in the end. the innocent people of Rwanda were sucked into a war between two groups in one government that was not entirely necessary.
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