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August 16

Holocaust: 6 million dead

The world in form of the UN vowed it would never happen again.

Rwanda: 800,000 dead

We watched and did nothing.

Sudan: 400,000 dead and we're still watching.

Time's up. We need to do something.

gen·o·cide n. The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group.

Crimes of War in the Sudan:

Pitting ethnic groups against each other

Restricting international humanitarian access, which threatens mass starvation

Bombing civilian targets with aircraft

Razing villages

Targeting and destroying food and water supplies

Abducting children

Raping and murdering women and young girls

Castrating and attacking men

If those who have the power to make change (us) ignore those they can help, what atrocities will we be accomplices to? It is convenient to blame the government and the UN for not preventing such horrors, but the UN is an imperfect organization in an imperfect world, and it is only capable of as much as what the member states will allow. Canada is a member state, we are members of Canada, and, personally, I don’t want to allow any country’s political groups, or any groups for that matter, to roam the countryside, raping and murdering anyone they wish. The first step to solving an issue is to become educated and form an opinion on it, then it is possible to work towards fixing that issue. Become educated, become active, and let's to create a better world.

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	camera_rwanda wrote: WE MUST ACT NOW. Thanks for most of the following... Links/Books on the Genocide in Darfur: <a href="http://spaces.msn.com/stopsudangenocide/">spaces.msn.com/stopsudangenocide/</a> (fantastic) <a href="http://www.genocideintervention.net/GIF_index.php">www.genocideintervention.net/GIF_index.php</a> <a href="http://www.darfurgenocide.org/index.php">www.darfurgenocide.org/index.php</a> <a href="http://www.protectdarfur.org/">www.protectdarfur.org/</a> <a href="http://www.kukummi.org/frame.html">www.kukummi.org/frame.html</a> (for high schoolers) <a href="http://www.passionofthepresent.org/">www.passionofthepresent.org/</a> (outstanding) <a href="http://hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=darfur">hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=darfur</a> WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT DARFUR <a href="http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/24/darfur8954.htm">hrw.org/english/docs/2004/06/24/darfur8954.htm</a> Gerard Prunier's Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide. Feb. 2
	The CEO Of Commentswrote: hi there me again from the 1 billion comments project, come and become a representaive sponsor for a country of your choicce. I was also writing t ask you to become a columnist so to speak and to write a column about the genocide in sudan, i didnt even know that there was a genocide going on there, but with the huge traffic i get to my space the masses will now know. come to my space for details. your help would be greatly appreciated Jan. 28
	The CEO Of Commentswrote: Hi there I’m from the “1 Billion Comments Project”. The goal of the project is to collect 1 billion comments. Click here to leave a comment. It’s free and maybe you can become a sponsor which is also free. PS: Check out the rest of the space and comment on the topics from money to politics. It costs nothing but a little time : ) Thanx Billionaire Jan. 28
	StrawBerryField13 wrote: Make Sure those in your household that are of age Vote on Jan 23 Jan. 20
	Forgotten_America wrote: It is good to see someone who wants to do something about the world. I commend you and thank you for spreading this critical information. Peace, John Jan. 5
	Jared Rosenberg wrote: Good for you for publicising this! The adage "Never again" was first used after the Holocaust but the world didn't learn. The world let it happen in many places like Rwanda and now Sudan. Kudos to you for giving a damn about these people and their fight for life! GENOCIDE IS GENOCIDE! THIS COULD NOT BE ANY MORE CLEAR- IT IS GENOCIDE! Dec. 11
	Hinke wrote: Hai I am from The Netherlands and I just wanted to say that I agree with you. Peace for everyone!! Hinke Dec. 7
	IamMissStacy wrote: Hello~ O I wish 4 peace in this world! My heart wishes it with all my being! I Just stopped to wish you and all you love great happiness.... (´•.¸ (´•.¸ ¸.•´) ¸.• ) ..::¨´•¤ Stacy ¤¸.•´¨::.. .(¸.•(¸.•´ ´•.¸)•.¸). Sept. 30
	Starved_Angel wrote: this is so excellent... amazing to see someone doing their part to raise awareness and help to stop these atrocities from taking place.... i'm so happy to see a space dedicated to something like this.... keep it up... you've got my support..... Sept. 14
	--Drivers_Wanted-- wrote: I like your ideas, although with Martin and his government in power, I somehow doubt anything will happen. But then, if Canadians did vote in a Conservative government that would take more action, we would be blasted as being "too American". I think we need to pressure whatever government we have to do the right thing. To stop being (scuse my french) pussies in the UN. We need to pressure the UN to step in on the Sudan/African crises and do something, stop throwing money at different factions. Good site though, good on ya Sept. 4
	TheLastRealist wrote: I concur with TheFeebleStrengthofOne.. but also note... i still have my wristband, though i lost my simple plan album... perhaps if we snapped trendy like for each the deaths in Darfur people would take notice... no, wait...maybe we could get the people who are still living in the Sudan to snap their fingers (if they have the strength) it would send a powerful message to the west... "the modern revolutionary heads for the msn space" - Abbie Hoffman during a recent game of ouji Aug. 29
	-§tar69- wrote: i think what you do is amazing and takes a lot of guts, especially because many hide from the reality of war nowadays..or are too ignorant to even know about it in the first place. Aug. 29
	thefeeblestrengthofone wrote: good luck... canadians only cared about the suffering of africans for a day... and thats only because we gave them trendy wristbands and simple plan... but for further reading, check out http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=2&ItemID=8536 Aug. 29
	julien_testa wrote: You are the first person to have an opinion on somethign on this waste void that is called msn. Humanity has hope. Yes, you are right, the situation is Sudan is something horrid that is countinuing at an destructive rate. The UN, in my opinion is much to bucratic, they talk and do nothing. They let this happen, as they have in Rwanda because Africain countries have no power and influence. Your doing the best thing possible for a civilian you making people aware of what is happen, of what is going to happen if our governement and us don't do anything. You should start an orgasation, or hell I will. If you do I will support you, join you. We cannot let this happen again. I agree with you, and thank you for showing some sympathy. Aug. 22
	wishforwingsthatwork wrote: I love that someone is taking the time to raise awareness for Darfur........peace and love should be somewhere in this world Aug. 21
	5-----Nilu-----5 wrote: I'm soooo glad someone is doing something, even just raising awarness. I just need to say that I can't believe this is happening to our world again. Hopefully one day people will realize that just because it's not in our country, it doesn't mean it won't affect us eventually. I hope a lot more is done and that the media will start putting an emphasis on it so the whole world can get involved. If we did for the tsunami, we can do it for darfur. Aug. 16

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