Friday, November 20, 2009

Rwandan Genocide


I think that the UN and MRND are the only ones being blamed yet Uganda and France may have a bigger role. The UN did not respond to anything that happened in Rwanda and failed to declare the situation a genocide. The UN did not want to do anything and as a giant international organization, that is very wrong so they need to face consequences. The MRND needs to be destroyed because they caused a ton of violence. They played a radio station that was telling Hutu’s to kill Tutsi’s. Anybody that would promote killing on a radio station is extremely messed up and they need to be blamed.
Groups of the committee need to start questioning Uganda and France. Uganda was housing terrorists and they have barely been questioned throughout this whole meeting. France trained a rebel army and when they realized that it wasn’t working, they did nothing to stop it. France, the UN, the MRND, and Uganda are responsible for this whole crisis and I am suggesting that everyone gangs up on them. If we can all reveal what these people did, then we can end this conflict and restore peace to Rwanda.
A solution I have to this conflict is a cease fire in Rwanda. The violence needs to be stopped as soon as possible and I don’t think a conclusion would be easier if we didn’t have to hurry to prevent people from dying. After a cease fire, we can start negotiating a conclusion and we won’t be rushed. When all groups can sit down and talk it out, I believe that we will realize who is responsible (France, UN, MRND, and Uganda). When these groups are found guilty, we can decide how to discipline them. I think that trading sanctions should be put on these groups and we will watch them more closely. The MRND should be dismantled and Uganda should turn in all of the terrorists that they are housing. To solve this conflict it will take time but now that we know who is responsible, we have made a big first step.
I think that this is a great activity and is a really good way of practicing talking and debating in front of a group. I don’t really see how a meeting like this would resolve real world problems with a bunch of yelling world leaders in one room. It is probably really hard to control a room full of yelling world leaders.

Friday, November 13, 2009

The American Scholar


The American Scholar does not still hold true today because society needs to be the perfect man and not just one person.
Specialized jobs and abilities from many benefit society more than one perfect person. The perfect man that Ralph Waldo Emerson talks about cannot do everything at once in today’s society like he could have in Emerson’s society. Our economy thrives on specialized jobs and not all-purpose jobs. We have an auto industry, computer industry, manufacturing, farming, etc. Emerson believes that everyone should be able to do these tasks when it is really unrealistic in our society.
If there was one perfect man on the earth could he do everything? The answer is no because we have billions of people all over the world and he could not travel everywhere to help them. Instead of having one person travel around the world fixing cars and teaching kids, wouldn’t it make more sense to have auto shops and schools everywhere so all kids can learn instead of waiting for one man to help them. If society could be perfect everyone would have the same opportunities and life would become more efficient.