gwytherinn.com » documentary http://www.gwytherinn.com It is no measure of health to be well adjusted in a profoundly sick society. - Jiddu Krishnamurti Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:54:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo http://www.gwytherinn.com/2008/02/17/the-greatest-silence-rape-in-the-congo/ http://www.gwytherinn.com/2008/02/17/the-greatest-silence-rape-in-the-congo/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:42:04 +0000 Gwytherinn http://www.gwytherinn.com/2008/02/17/the-greatest-silence-rape-in-the-congo/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The Greatest SilenceThe Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo will be airing on HBO on April 8th. I just wanted to pull out some of the commentary here, as I find there’s rarely any effort to make connections when you read about these things -

As Jackson shares her own gang-rape story, we’re potently reminded that in America we’re in no position to point fingers. The monstrous escalation of rape in the Congo doesn’t exist in a vacuum; around the world, human beings perpetrate new heights of barbarity – against the planet and themselves.

And in this short article:

Unfortunately, as a human-rights activist notes, good intentions may not be enough to end what appears to be an institutionalized outrage: “The rapists of yesterday have today become the authorities. And they encourage sexual violence because for them it has become a lifestyle. That is why the violence doesn’t end.”

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