[WS:] The way I read your postings on the subject, including the one you posted after this one, is that the victims of Rwanda genocide are not walking innocents as the Western media tend to portray them, which may stipulate that they somehow "brought it upon themselves," or that they whole events needs to be re-examined if not altogether questioned.
My view is much more simplistic and rather unsophisticated in this era of pomo, spin, and relativistic nihilism: killing one million people is wrong, period. The political claims and counter-claims surrounding that killing are simply irrelevant. No matter what these claims may or may not be, nobody deserves to be hacked to death with his family by a machete wielding mob.
Unlike you, who probably have never lived outside the US and know about the outside world and its history mostly from books - where I am coming from there are people around who still remember death camps. They may be approaching the subject with gallows humor to cope with the experience, but nobody seriously questions the absolute horror and, indeed, one dimensionality of it, as there is no other side to it, no spin, no relativism, no pomo deconstruction, no if, buts, and political qualifications.
There are certain things in the world that the only appropriate response is to shut up and remain silent. Many yanks are yet to learn that basic truth. Sorry if this sounds harsh - I did not mean it personally - I am just very tired of spin in general
BTW: A co-worker of mine spent some time in Rwanda after the genocide, so the personal details of that event come mainly from her - and add a very disturbing dimension to the media accounts.
Wojtek