In the Rwandan genocide, I play the role of the Interahamwe. People blame us because we were the killers. All of the people that blame us don’t know anything. We were brainwashed by the National Revolutionary Movement for Development (MRND). They had radio stations that had told all Rwandans that the Tutsis were making a plan to kill us. We were told to kill Tutsis and as the military, we did what we were told. They were telling us to kill and we did. Asking us why we killed people would be like asking why would you kill people in WWll. It is the same story.
I would also blame the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) for invading Rwanda in the first place. If they wouldn’t have invaded in the first place, none of this would’ve happened if they wouldn’t have invaded. The MRND might’ve thought that when the RPF invaded, that Tutsis were invading and getting ready to kill.
Juvenal Habyarimana is also to blame. He was the Hutu president and armed us with spears and machetes and threatened us. He told us if the rebels tried to take over to kill all Tutsis. We listened.
These are all of the reasons why we were told to kill.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
The American Scholar
Emerson’s story in the “American Scholar” is about American society is true today.
One reason Emerson’s argument is still true is because jobs are more specialized. My dad is an accountant. He is very smart and very good with numbers. That is what Americans would classify him as, just as an accountant. He can do way more than that though. He can teach me to do things, he can help people with whatever they need help with, he can cook, and he can be a good father. Emerson writes that “Man isn’t a farmer, or professor, or engineer, but he is all.” He is saying that man is not supposed to be classified by what they do, but who they are. Man should be classified as man not by farmer, professor, or engineer.
Another reason is that people are doing their jobs without even thinking. Professional athletes are doing this. They get millions of dollars and try to ask for more to play a game. They know that the way the economy is and they don’t even care. Also, people are so good at their jobs that after a while, they don’t have to think about what they are doing because people know their jobs so well. They know how to do things so well, people classify them for what they are good at.
One reason Emerson’s argument is still true is because jobs are more specialized. My dad is an accountant. He is very smart and very good with numbers. That is what Americans would classify him as, just as an accountant. He can do way more than that though. He can teach me to do things, he can help people with whatever they need help with, he can cook, and he can be a good father. Emerson writes that “Man isn’t a farmer, or professor, or engineer, but he is all.” He is saying that man is not supposed to be classified by what they do, but who they are. Man should be classified as man not by farmer, professor, or engineer.
Another reason is that people are doing their jobs without even thinking. Professional athletes are doing this. They get millions of dollars and try to ask for more to play a game. They know that the way the economy is and they don’t even care. Also, people are so good at their jobs that after a while, they don’t have to think about what they are doing because people know their jobs so well. They know how to do things so well, people classify them for what they are good at.
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