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(2007-11-29 23:42:37) 下一個
昨晚在youtube上看關於RWANDA大屠殺的紀錄片一直到早晨, 今天下午才到辦公室. [Shooting dogs], 一部關於1994年RWANDA種族屠殺的電影, 我覺得沒有[HOTEL RWANDA]拍得好, 角度不同. [HOTEL RWANDA]是從RWANDA人的角度來看當年的慘劇, 絕望, 恐懼, 悲哀... [SHOOTING DOGS]是從外部世界的角度, 從西方人的眼睛來看, 而且太多宗教痕跡在其中, 因為主角是教會學校的白人教師 and priest. One little girl asked, "does Jesus even love those people outside? (the hutu militia, the killers)" The priest said, "Jesus loves everyone." Later when French troops came to the school, their order was to take only white people to the safe area. If you are white, you go to the safe area and live, if you are black, sorry, wait here to die. How ironic, I guess Jesus might love everybody, but he definitely loves white much more. Somehow I couldnt help wondering, what about indians, or arabs, or asians? If I was there, I would be considered one of the whites to be rescued? or would be left with africans to die?

In both of the movies, there are the journalist roles by whom the cruelest fact has been stated. In Hotel Rwanda, the manager expected to get help from the rest of the world after the genocide video being broadcasted, the BBC guy told him, "people would watch the horrible news during dinner, and they would say, how awful, then they would back to their dinner. that is the reality." In Shooting Dogs, BBC again, the lady said, "I was crying everyday when I was in Bosnia, cos everytime I saw those dead women, white, I thought they could be my mother. But here, I never cried, cos they are just dead Africans." Most white left, some stayed, trying to save as much as they could, UN did nothing, Gen Romeo Dallaire was there, asking for help, "there are people who will be chopped  if nobody protects them." Well, I guess if there was OIL, maybe the rest of the world would fight for going to "help", benefit, profit, money talks, this is the world we are living in. I think I will check out the book written by Romeo Dallaire, --[Shake Hands with the Devil]. I like one quote in the movie,

"The opposite side of faith is not heresy, but indifference."

1994, over 800,000 men, women, children died in about 100 days genocide, the rest of the world turned away. There is a Catholic church in Rwanda, about 5,000 people were killed inside. The documentary shows that, one BBC journalist went to the church with some tutsi officers in 1994 after the genocide, those dead bodies still there, its literally the hell. At the door of the church, the white statue of Jesus opening his arms, and right under the statue, there was a chopped body. The journalist said, he was a loyal Catholic, but after he saw that, he thought he needed some stronger faith. When those bureaucrats who are in their expensive Armani suits and sitting in comfortable offices are saying "Never Again", it does not really mean anything.

Recommend the documentaries in youtube, it might be too far from our daily life, but worth cares.

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jgey 回複 悄悄話 哈...我倒是覺得您的中文很差,"但顯擺這麽語法錯誤還好意思出來擺",這句話語法不通,正確的中文說法是,"這麽多的語法錯誤還好意思出來顯擺".沒有中國人說過你的中文很爛嗎?

不喜歡看,就不要來看,沒有人請您來.我喜歡寫中文還英文,跟您實在沒什麽關係,不麻煩您操心.

再多加一句,就您評論的水平來看,我覺得,您轉職不成功,實在應該多在自身找找問題.
indeep 回複 悄悄話 哇,好多英文誒,可惜您不在美國,給中國人看還是老外看啊.隻有在中國人這裏才能顯示
擺吧.但顯擺這麽語法錯誤還好意思出來擺,一起工作的老外沒說你英語不好嗎.赫赫
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