On 07/10/09 15:36, Warp wrote:
>    The Rwandan genocide is completely in par with the nazi holocaust. However,
> which one of these two is better remembered?

	Well, perhaps as importantly people should notice (and later, remember) 
what went on in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the last 10-12 
years. It's the deadliest conflict since WWII. I think the latest 
estimate is over 5 million excess deaths (i.e. violent deaths and also 
including deaths due to malnutrition, etc that are estimated wouldn't 
have happened in the absence of the conflict).

	I could say a few more things about it, but I'd rather people just look 
it up. I don't actually know the details of the players and the history 
of the conflict. Some (a lot?) of it is actually a spillover from the 
Rwandan genocide (i.e. Hutus and Tutsis). But it goes beyond that.

	If you do look it up, then the one thing to notice is the "rape 
epidemic" there - it may well be remembered for that alone.

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