| The high school I went to was the only one in the region to have a program that dealt with the transition of neo-Canadians into the local school system. I've been incredibly fortunate in my life, but this genocide will forever stick with me. Not to put too much emphasis on it, but my universe had been pretty monochromatic before. My high school was way more diverse than anything I'd ever seen before, because of that program.
But then new friends started pouring in from the Balkans. But I mean... pouring in. I was pretty ignorant of the ways of the world when I was twelve, but it would have taken a real idiot to fail to notice what was going on.
I'm glad there will be a trial. I remember when Archbishop Tutu came to speak at my university and when he spoke of the Truth and Reconciliation hearings. This is a completely different situation, but I can't help feeling that, to a certain extent, the outcome of the trial is almost irrelevant.
Not really irrelevant. Justice must be served.
But, to me, and this is after listening to Archbishop Tutu, it seems that what needs to happen is for the world to acknowledge what happened, for this man to be faced with the many crimes he has committed and for everyone he's ever wronged to have the right to confront him on it.
After that, he can rot in jail for the rest of his life for all I care. __________________  Sunny
"The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." avie by Jessie |