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Finally watched Hotel Rwanda in the theatre last night. Last week we rented The Killing Fields about the Cambodian Holocaust. Sense a pattern? Yup. I'm Trying to get something...Something in me to understand WTF is going on in the Sudan right now. And why why why this keeps moving from place to place...what IS it in humanity that keeps going so terribly terribly Wrong. This Detachment from the Other....not just apathy (which is pretty bad in itself)...but the kind of completely severing detachment that would allow one to commit such Heinous Unimaginable violence to innocent people. I JUST DON'T GET IT!! The FOOLISH FOOLISH arbitrary divisions. Hutus vs. Tsusis, Aryans vs. Jews, Israelis vs. Palestinians, Bloods vs. Crypts, North vs. South, my freekin clubhouse against yours. GROW UP HUMANITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP WASTING ALL YOUR DAMN ENERGY/TIME DESTROYING EACHOTHER!!!!!!!!!!
*bangs head against wall*
*repeatedly*
On a hopeful note...just seeing that a group of folks on omidyar.net got together their upset and collaborated through a thread to create a website StopGenocideNow.org and other projects to raise awareness soothes my heart a wee bit. It's so important for us to keep thinking of ways to show how the individual can DO something positive...to design more intuitive/easy systems and ways. Keep pointing. You know, like:
Click Here if you give a shit.
Or Here
much love,
D
OH! and watch the movie(s) if you haven't!duh;)

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my clubhouse challenges your clubhouse to a ping pong match on saturday winner gets a new hammer.

Yeah tribal fighting is insane, and the fact that during rawanda alot of horrible mutilation occured. Chopping off all the right arms of about 500 people just because of their tribal lineage.

Even my friend from sengal said alot of strange fighting occures in central africa for no apparent reason.

I feel exactly the same, sometimes. I honestly don't get it. It's painful, though. Oddly enough, I think it was a Hotel Rwanda poster that got me thinking about this on the bus tonight ... the trouble is, why would someone violent listen to me? To them I am an idealistic loon who doesn't understand reality; to me they are scarred, cynical fools who don't understand reality. There is very little room for conference, unless we can tap into the idealistic loon in everyone ... we just have to hope it's still there.

Don't despair, though. I think it probably is.

I hope I hope I do believe there's that little idealistic loon nugget inside everyone.
But it's so well guarded in these folks...walls and walls...how to touch it...

thanks for your comment andrew. *hug*

I'm just waiting for my alien overlords to take over.

I could help them hunt others down,
-)

There is no need to challange yourself for the answer, as it already Lives in your <3. And banging your head against the wall only distorts the waves~> Remember what Eye said about magnets and stay Positive~> No matter what!

: )

There's a community for Second Lifers (http://www.livejournal.com/community/second_lifers/)

O.K., now back to work... :-)

we can't be all things to all people. humans have an inherent need for conflict. it starts close to us. brother and sister not talking. evil neighbour stealing parking space. etc. lots of etcs. peace starts at home, around you. that's all you can do. raise awareness and contribute financially is ok but beyond that you can't do anymore. despite all the evils we've never been so aware of the wrongs. that's what happens with freedom of communication. there is good too. it made me very happy when i heard how much money was raised for the tsunami disaster. it was like the world was saying yeah we want a good world, we want peace. yet it took only 2 or 3 dickheads to start wars. power to the people. and love thy neighbour/friend/family. yeah!

"power to the people. and love thy neighbour/friend/family. yeah!"

Positively!!!!!!!

: )

D - thanks for the reviews and suggestions!
I've put them on my list. Thanks also for the links!
xo Kimberli
www.kimberlinewyork.blogspot.com

PS...Check out: http://www.fireprojects.org/dulaan.htm
for the Dulaan Project. Hmph - I need MORE TIME TO KNIT!

Nice! I'll post that link on some knitting communities on LJ,ok?!:)luv,d

D- Per your question from my blog...nope - you have to reply on my blog. Live Journal doesn't give a place for non-LiveJournal users to put in an email address - so there's no direct connection back to me.
Please DO pass the link on! :-) xoxo ~ k

Hotel Rwanda

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We'd make great pets.

"War is never Truly won without LOVE!"

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