The Africa not portrayed in the media

[fist fury]

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=162699277&albumId=739372

Pictures of genocide of African peoples occuring now. Not just the Tutsis, or Somalians. All over the continent there is constant war. And its not 'eveel' westerners sending in guns to make the tribes kill each others. Its simply primite barbarism using knifes, pikes, poles, scissors, anything to torture or kill. Too long have the liberals turned a blind eye to this problem because they live in a fantasy world, and others just dont care.

[disorder2k8]

that breaks my heart

[pinnochio]

Whats wrong with these fucking people man.

Alot of people who are enlightened say everyone deserves forgiveness and compassion and that there is no good or evil, wrong or right. I beg to differ.

I believe the people who do this are beyond redemption.

But who am i to judge. this is where our army could be used for good instead of bad. See if the rebels don't shit themselves against well trained troops.

Wow i never thought i'd hear myself saying this about the army but its true. Or a small task force of special forces troops to protect the villagers. Better to use them to do good than bad!

[decode reality]

:(

[lumukanda]

reminds me of sierra leone in the 90's, no one gave a shit then either.
you can't defend that kind of shit but rather than coming from a position of sympathy fist fury, you seem to be using these images to try and prove your views, i can name some other terrible events, some in europe in the 30's and 40's, some when the spaniards arrived in south america, some when the americans expanded westwards, some in afghanistan right now, eastern europe in the 90's.
my point? people can be vicious things, easily led, easily turned and for every sick bastard out there, there are a hundred people just wanting to be left the fuck alone to live their life.
africa may be a very violent place, but to simply put it down to african barabarism is simplistic to say the least.

[wchen99]

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=162699277&albumId=739372

Pictures of genocide of African peoples occuring now. Not just the Tutsis, or Somalians. All over the continent there is constant war. And its not 'eveel' westerners sending in guns to make the tribes kill each others. Its simply primite barbarism using knifes, pikes, poles, scissors, anything to torture or kill. Too long have the liberals turned a blind eye to this problem because they live in a fantasy world, and others just dont care.

Well a lot of Westerners only enagage African issues when they are 'simple' pocket book issues, ie. ones they can sell to the masses easily. Some on the left do this by using modern examples of genocide, poverty etc as a stick to beat western, previously colonial, nations with.

But sadly, most of the time, we don't want to confront the really shocking barbarism that occurs in the likes of DRC and Sudan these days. Don't say the whole continent is at war, because thats not true. Some states are in a brutal conflict, others are not. It's too much of a simple thing to talk about 'Africa' - the diversity in people, cultures, situations, is greater than any other continent for it to be tarred with one brush.

[pinkfreud]

reminds me of sierra leone in the 90's, no one gave a shit then either.
you can't defend that kind of shit but rather than coming from a position of sympathy fist fury, you seem to be using these images to try and prove your views, i can name some other terrible events, some in europe in the 30's and 40's, some when the spaniards arrived in south america, some when the americans expanded westwards, some in afghanistan right now, eastern europe in the 90's.
my point? people can be vicious things, easily led, easily turned and for every sick bastard out there, there are a hundred people just wanting to be left the fuck alone to live their life.
africa may be a very violent place, but to simply put it down to african barabarism is simplistic to say the least.



+1.

FF, ask yourself where these tribals get their arms, ammunition and funds from. the diamond cartel is just one aspect, there is also the problem of the local drug menace, puppet governments and the general morose state of the people that seems to have become a normal way of life. other significant factors include illiteracy, poverty and government indifference in some of the countries.

my heart really bleeds for africa, it is by far the wealthiest continent imo that's been severely suppressed to the point where its people have absolutely no hope and take to violence because there seems to be no other way for them.



But sadly, most of the time, we don't want to confront the really shocking barbarism that occurs in the likes of DRC and Sudan these days. Don't say the whole continent is at war, because thats not true. Some states are in a brutal conflict, others are not. It's too much of a simple thing to talk about 'Africa' - the diversity in people, cultures, situations, is greater than any other continent for it to be tarred with one brush.


i agree.