tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post1197374306984373288..comments2023-10-16T06:16:53.946-05:00Comments on Lucia has something to say: Still Thinking about RwandaLuciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295553538430945014noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-44598386376356020492007-03-27T18:55:00.000-05:002007-03-27T18:55:00.000-05:00This is what I wandered over for. :) I know so pai...This is what I wandered over for. :) I know so painfully little about the actual political situation in Rwanda. <BR/><BR/>I have a fairly standard answer to most of this stuff and you already know what it is. Where capitalism rears its ugly head, misery is soon evident. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/><BR/>~Chanithailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-25974634009942991332007-03-27T13:41:00.000-05:002007-03-27T13:41:00.000-05:00It's amazing how resilient people are. I think em...It's amazing how resilient people are. I think emotionally there must still be an impact...??Bobealia...https://www.blogger.com/profile/15713026993668872520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-91118984614399682122007-03-27T13:16:00.000-05:002007-03-27T13:16:00.000-05:00I have seen those baskets---absolutely beautiful. ...I have seen those baskets---absolutely beautiful. And so practical. I love that they are made by hard-working hands for specific tasks.Susan as Herselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09665517309910285209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-90766195551901510372007-03-27T08:22:00.000-05:002007-03-27T08:22:00.000-05:00In quiet moments, I wonder if what happened in Rwa...In quiet moments, I wonder if what happened in Rwanda could ever happen closer to home, and what I would do about it. It makes me sad. And even sadder that it really did happen somewhere in this world, while we sit idly by with our $4 coffees and iPods blaring.<BR/><BR/>Priorities. Huh.Mona Buonanottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809435868294190789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-39110491846467965582007-03-27T07:07:00.000-05:002007-03-27T07:07:00.000-05:00I think about events like these too, and constantl...I think about events like these too, and constantly question why. It is so hard to wrap my mind around the killing, and the maiming.<BR/><BR/>Everything seems so normal because death is such a natural part of our world. We just abhor it, as any living being does.<BR/><BR/>I would love to see the baskets. I just went to Whole Foods in Madison last weekend (can you say ZOO!) and saw there was a basket display there, with an educational video playing, but I couldn't get close enough and was pressed for time. I know they are African in origin, but I want to say they were from Nigeria?QThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15544956727530046973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-83303304117059193302007-03-26T22:37:00.000-05:002007-03-26T22:37:00.000-05:00I just finished reading Left To Tell, about a woma...I just finished reading Left To Tell, about a woman who lived in a bathroom for months with 6 other women. she lost everything she knew.<BR/><BR/>heartbreaking. you are right. how can we not.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-61388262516282049872007-03-26T21:08:00.000-05:002007-03-26T21:08:00.000-05:00I keep running away from and to Shake Hands With t...I keep running away from and to Shake Hands With the Devil. The very idea of the West <I>again</I> sitting idle while one ethnic group attempts to exterminate another makes my blood boil and my soul weep.Gordohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07601738885232775770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-71829020055939117722007-03-26T20:04:00.000-05:002007-03-26T20:04:00.000-05:00It's creepy that despite what happened there, it a...It's creepy that despite what happened there, it all looks normal. I would expect the very land to be crying out still.menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-32819594836080489972007-03-26T20:02:00.000-05:002007-03-26T20:02:00.000-05:00Yep, joys, I read that and pretty much everything ...Yep, joys, I read that and pretty much everything else out there. (Author is Philip Gourevitch. It's still sitting here.)Luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05295553538430945014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-84260611842843111532007-03-26T19:52:00.000-05:002007-03-26T19:52:00.000-05:00Did you read "We wish to inform you that tomorrow....Did you read "We wish to inform you that tomorrow..." It is from a number of years back, written by a NYT reporter whose name I can't remember this instant... but I could not put it down.OhTheJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031731198115388411noreply@blogger.com