Comments on: Hotel Rwanda http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/06/hotel-rwanda/ Because illogic is a lifestyle choice. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:27:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: RodeoClown http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/06/hotel-rwanda/comment-page-1/#comment-5896 RodeoClown Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:41:27 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=180#comment-5896 John - I used 'cockroaches' on purpose as it really shows what these people were being treated like - a pest to be eradicated. I agree completely that those words are terrible. I try really hard to think about what I say (not that I'm always successful), to know what effect they will have on people who hear them. Tracy - I like movies that are a bit 'different', but my wife isn't as big a fan of them. Glad you liked the reviews. John – I used ‘cockroaches’ on purpose as it really shows what these people were being treated like – a pest to be eradicated.

I agree completely that those words are terrible. I try really hard to think about what I say (not that I’m always successful), to know what effect they will have on people who hear them.

Tracy – I like movies that are a bit ‘different’, but my wife isn’t as big a fan of them. Glad you liked the reviews.

]]> By: Tracy http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/06/hotel-rwanda/comment-page-1/#comment-5895 Tracy Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:04:34 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=180#comment-5895 That book sounds very interesting, Bron. Rodeo, I just read your other reviews. I agree with you about Eternal Sunshine. I loved that movie. I was amazed by the creativity of the plot. i really like it when Jim Carey plays a serious role. I really don't like his style of potty humor. And I thought the movie was thought-provoking about relationships and the value of commitment. It showed you what is lost when you quit on a relationship because it has become too hard. How much risk are you willing to take on a person and really commit to the relationship? Because the really worthwhile experiences will be lost if you don't. My husband and I really liked Murderball. Weren't so crazy about the language, of course, or the sex stuff. But the resiliency displayed by the men and acceptance of their new lives. Their can-do attitude and lack of self-pity is refreshing and inspiring. We don't find many people who have seen these weird movies that we like, so it's fun to read what you have written. That book sounds very interesting, Bron.

Rodeo, I just read your other reviews. I agree with you about Eternal Sunshine. I loved that movie. I was amazed by the creativity of the plot. i really like it when Jim Carey plays a serious role. I really don’t like his style of potty humor. And I thought the movie was thought-provoking about relationships and the value of commitment. It showed you what is lost when you quit on a relationship because it has become too hard. How much risk are you willing to take on a person and really commit to the relationship? Because the really worthwhile experiences will be lost if you don’t.

My husband and I really liked Murderball. Weren’t so crazy about the language, of course, or the sex stuff. But the resiliency displayed by the men and acceptance of their new lives. Their can-do attitude and lack of self-pity is refreshing and inspiring.

We don’t find many people who have seen these weird movies that we like, so it’s fun to read what you have written.

]]> By: John Dekker http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/06/hotel-rwanda/comment-page-1/#comment-5894 John Dekker Sat, 17 Jun 2006 02:03:30 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=180#comment-5894 Calling the Tutsis of "cockroaches" is very significant - if you re-label people in that way, then you are justified in killing them. It goes to show the power of words. I found Wyclef Jean's song at the end to be particularly powerful: <em>Rwanda Rwanda Yeah, Rwanda Rwanda These are the cry of the children Rwanda Rwanda Anybody hear my cry? If America, is the United States of America, Then why can’t Africa, be the United States of Africa? And if England, is the United Kingdom, Then why can’t Africa unite all the kingdoms and become United Kingdom of Africa?</em> Calling the Tutsis of “cockroaches” is very significant – if you re-label people in that way, then you are justified in killing them. It goes to show the power of words.

I found Wyclef Jean’s song at the end to be particularly powerful:

Rwanda Rwanda

Yeah, Rwanda Rwanda

These are the cry of the children

Rwanda Rwanda

Anybody hear my cry?

If America, is the United States of America,
Then why can’t Africa, be the United States of Africa?

And if England, is the United Kingdom,
Then why can’t Africa unite all the kingdoms
and become United Kingdom of Africa?

]]> By: bron http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/06/hotel-rwanda/comment-page-1/#comment-5887 bron Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:09:18 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=180#comment-5887 Yes, Black Hawk Down was about the conflict in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 where 18 US soldiers were killed. A great book I read recently called <em>Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures</em> deals with those issues. It was written by three UN workers who were in Rwanda, Haiti, Mogadishu, Cambodia and Serbia during the 1990s. (And it's not about sex, its more about genocide and the UN) Yes, Black Hawk Down was about the conflict in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 where 18 US soldiers were killed. A great book I read recently called Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures deals with those issues. It was written by three UN workers who were in Rwanda, Haiti, Mogadishu, Cambodia and Serbia during the 1990s. (And it’s not about sex, its more about genocide and the UN)

]]> By: RodeoClown http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/06/hotel-rwanda/comment-page-1/#comment-5886 RodeoClown Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:50:42 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=180#comment-5886 That bit where she refused to call it genocide was horrible. Even worse the fact that it was a real broadcast. That bit where she refused to call it genocide was horrible.

Even worse the fact that it was a real broadcast.

]]> By: Tracy http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/06/hotel-rwanda/comment-page-1/#comment-5885 Tracy Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:43:10 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=180#comment-5885 I saw the movie first in the theater and later rented the video in order to watch the special features. After watching it the first time, i spent some time researching the events online. What i found that was interesting is that all the information - the TV spots overheard and the radio broadcasts included in the film were purposeful and gave important info about what was going on. Do you remember the TV news spot in which the woman announcer was asked if this was genocide? That was the key issue going on as far as the UN's actions were concerned. Unless the UN determined that it was genocide, their forces were not allowed to intervene and their hands were tied. Unfortunately, from what I understand, it was largely the US reluctance to get involved in a war that influenced the delay. That reluctance was based on the US involvement in another country's war that ended badly. (depicted in the movie Black Hawk Down). I don't know much about world politics, so I don't have any answers to these problems. But the timeline was very interesting to me. I saw the movie first in the theater and later rented the video in order to watch the special features. After watching it the first time, i spent some time researching the events online. What i found that was interesting is that all the information – the TV spots overheard and the radio broadcasts included in the film were purposeful and gave important info about what was going on. Do you remember the TV news spot in which the woman announcer was asked if this was genocide? That was the key issue going on as far as the UN’s actions were concerned. Unless the UN determined that it was genocide, their forces were not allowed to intervene and their hands were tied. Unfortunately, from what I understand, it was largely the US reluctance to get involved in a war that influenced the delay. That reluctance was based on the US involvement in another country’s war that ended badly. (depicted in the movie Black Hawk Down). I don’t know much about world politics, so I don’t have any answers to these problems. But the timeline was very interesting to me.

]]> By: RodeoClown http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/06/hotel-rwanda/comment-page-1/#comment-5884 RodeoClown Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:25:20 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=180#comment-5884 You're welcome. You’re welcome.

]]> By: Nixter http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/06/hotel-rwanda/comment-page-1/#comment-5883 Nixter Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:54:17 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=180#comment-5883 Ohhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhh. I see.. Thanks for that RodeoClown not rodeo clown :) Ohhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhh. I see.. Thanks for that RodeoClown not rodeo clown :)

]]> By: RodeoClown http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/06/hotel-rwanda/comment-page-1/#comment-5882 RodeoClown Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:38:21 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=180#comment-5882 What I posted was a link to the story... If you click on it, you can read all about the name :) What I posted was a link to the story…
If you click on it, you can read all about the name :)

]]> By: Nixter http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2006/06/hotel-rwanda/comment-page-1/#comment-5881 Nixter Thu, 15 Jun 2006 03:15:29 +0000 http://www.the-rodeo.com/?p=180#comment-5881 Yes - what is the origin of teh Rodeo Clown?? Am I just dumb?? I think I am.. Yes – what is the origin of teh Rodeo Clown??

Am I just dumb?? I think I am..

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