Hotel Rwanda

Ok, I'm not going to say "run out and see this movie right now". But do put it on your list, and see it when you get a chance. It's eye-opening... and scary. Scary at what we as human beings have become. Scary at how little we value human life. What the hell happened to "all men are created equal"?

I'll try to talk about this without spoiling the movie for anyone who hasn't seen it. But if you've heard of it, you probably know what it's about--the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. That's the gist of it. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about the definition of genocide: "Genocide has been defined as the deliberate killing of people based on their ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, or (sometimes) politics, as well as other deliberate action(s) leading to the physical elimination of any of the above categories." It's sad that we even need a word for such a thing.

"All men are created equal." One of the principles that America was supposedly founded on. Note that it doesn't say "all Americans are created equal", but all men. And the same country that has pride in this statement as one of their principles separated themselves as somewhere around a million people died because of something they couldn't control. Children died so that they wouldn't produce more like them. How can we sit by and say that we believe all men are created equal while making people feel lower than worthless?

I'm not perfect. I know I don't affect the world enough. I don't even keep up with what's going on in the bigger picture much. I don't really watch the news. And sometimes I'm sure that my scope of vision doesn't seem to get much bigger than just myself. It's good to be reminded of my worth compared to others. I'M THE SAME. I am not any more or less important than any of the people in Rwanda, or the people that I work with, or the President of the United States. Why should I be so self-involved?

I guess to me it all just goes back to my previous post. I think I really believe that. I believe that we're all of supernatural value. And a price will be paid for that value you allowed to be wasted.