Violence in Sudan

The Violence in Sudan would probably not be classified as a genocide because the police are targeting all protestors. I would say it isn't a genocide.

Who's to blame for the Rwandan genocide?

I would say to blame would be the both sides of the genocide. The Hutu because they were the ones killing the Tutsi and carrying out the genocide. I would also say the Tutsi because they, in a way, provoked the Hutu by getting the extra privleges. The UN is also to blame because the country needed more troops but the UN cut the troops 90%.

After watching Defiance, My Responses.

People that driving Jewish people to the concentration camps should have helped free the slaves, you could call them. The bus drivingers have easy access to the slaves, they could have just drove away with a bunch of slaves in the bus. They could have drove them to freedom. The bus drivers could have also went on strike and said they weren't going to drive that bus, although it could have gotten them killed theirselves. The US should have addressed the issue in Germany that they Jews, homosexuals, people of color, and so on, were being treated in way that were unjust. The US should have spoke out against Germany which could have sparked other people and other countries trying to help the Jews, homosexuals, and so on. Today when a genocide is occuring we should do whatever we can to stop it and help the people that are being targeted. We need to make sure the whole country knows about it, so we need to speak publicly about it. We know the damage that can be done when a genocide happens so we need to make sure nothing as evil as the Holocaust ever comes remotely close to happening again.

Defiance- If I were the director, how would I direct this scene?

If I were the director in the scene where the Jews beat the scout to death, I wouldn't change a thing. I like the way the director has it now because it shows the hatred the Jews have against Germans. When then Jews shouted things like "This is for my son" or "This is for my family" then hit him, that shows the true emotion the Jews felt towards Germans. The Germans have killed so many Jews, and there is a saying that goes "An eye for an eye" which means if something happends to one person, another shall pay.

Defiance- What makes the Jew's actions justifiable?

I think that when you have the mind set that you were them, it's easier to understand. They must kill Germans in self defence before the Germans kill the Jews. Dealing with the stealing of supplies, they need food and ammunition to stay alive also. In the movie, they steal milk from the milkman in order to feed their little town they have made.