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Emotional discussions were exchanged regarding the powerful talk Joseph Sebarenzi shared with Christiane Amanpour. The Rwandan genocide that killed Sebarenzi’s entire family, 800,000 other Tutsis and put Sebarenzi on the path to become a member of parliament and a specialist on conflict resolution caused sympathy among all viewers. “Forgive and forget” was the common phrase used by many and debate around the history of this genocide was present:
Below, you will see some opinions from viewers like yourself.
That would be good news, provided he now works for the good of Rwanda, and not for the Tutsis or the Hutus or anyone else. For he has been elected a a Member of the Rwandan Parliament. And at the same time, he will also need to be aware that the national interest of Rwanda will be best served through meaningful cooperation with the international community, including Rwanda's African neighbours, provided that cooperation is mutual, benefits the people and the nation's resources (now and in the future), helps the cause of good governance, and enhances the dignity, self-respect and sense of humanity of the citizens of Rwanda.
I see this issue from other perspective, which I think it's more pragmatic. let's not talk about forgiveness and overlooking, these issues can be dealt through time. But for now, let's deal with the situation of preventing any kind of massacre happening in the future. As our guest said there is too much power on the hands of the president
I think it's going to be a generational thing: the people that lived through it are always going to have that feeling. The rift is best healed through the younger generation, those born after the genocide. It worked for Germany.
How they can see who is Tutsi and who is Hutsie is more than I can understand.They all look th e same to me.This is a prove of how evil humans can be.You kill your brother-for what?!
despite forgiving but not forgetting...the ashes can blown away..through education... politicians not to exploit the people selfishly..the challenge rwanda faces is power transfer....i give credit to mr.Kagame.
Real forgiveness comes from God, seek Him and you'll know how to forgive and forget completely!
This concept of "forgive and forget" is a myth to me. I think there is always a flashback when you see the one that has offended you, especially if the offence is very grave even when you forgive.
Some victims of the Rwanda massacre can forgive but can´t forget especially when the members of their family were murdered, especially when they are face to face with the murderers. It always is a nightmare for them. I can understand how they have suffered before.
Christiane, I guess a better way of saying it is, WHY are YOU shocked since you know the country and the world so well?? You must have a reason. So that's what I would like to know. Thank you.
As many "rich" countries, the government spend it the way it wants: armaments, bombs, airpalnes, tecnology to control it's popuation, it's freedom like: KGB , G2 Cuban, xx in China, XX in Irán etc. etc. etc. Those communist countries don't care about it's people at all.