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hotel rwanda is an amazing movie.

the sad thing?
it's a true story.
it's not sad that paul rusesabagina saved the lives of 1200+ tutsi refugees.
not one bit.
that's the only redeeming fact here.
what i think is sad is that no one helped him.
america, france, belgium and various other countries knew about it and did nothing.
yeah, the U.N. was there but they hardly did anything to remedy the situation.
what was happening there made the evening news here.
WE DID NOTHING.
nothing.
that is so disgusting.
we sat by and watched this massive genocide go on.
we had the means to help them and save thousands of lives.
instead, we just said "oh my god....that's terrible" and went on eating our dinners.
we are a rich, powerful nation and we care more about who britney spears is marrying this week than we do about thousands of people dying.
and im not just talking about the rwandan crisis.
im taking about everywhere.
children starving. dying of aids and other diseases. drinking brown water. eating once a month. walking 10 miles every day to avoid being forced to become a rebel with a gun. families living under cardboard boxes and ripped tarps or garbage bags.
we are so wasteful.
so selfish.
so........uncaring.
i want to help.
i want to be less selfish.

i want to help.
im going to africa next summer.
to ghana, west africa.


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