[kj] OT... World Destruction

[Daniel Corvo]

The French were in Rwanda in the 90's but the Hutus v Tutsis problems date 
back to the Belgian collonial era when Belgians promoted the Tutsi minority 
over the Hutus. Tutsis imposed forced labor and taxes on the Hutus etc..



>From: "GREG SLAWSON" <gregslawson at msn.com>

>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT... World Destruction

>Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:27:46 -0500

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>True, I think re: Rowanda I was referring to the European (esp French) who 

>were behind a lot of the conflict and the weapons sales. However, I 

>wouldn't be surprised if the Hutus and Tutsis were also competing for some 

>kind of control of resources (land, mineral, etc) too. BTW, central Africa 

>has the hightest concentration of valuable minerals in the world.

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>From:  Neil Perry <neilfperry at btinternet.com>

>Reply-To:  "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>To:  "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 

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>Subject:  Re: [kj] OT... World Destruction

>Date:  Mon, 4 Dec 2006 21:14:24 +0000 (GMT)

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>Not getting involved in this, but feel compelled to butt in regarding

>Rwanda - the tragedy there had absolutely nothing to do with capitalism.

>It may have had its roots in European colonialism, possibly, but not

>capitalism. The deaths - approximately 800,000 - were caused by one ethnic 

>group, the Hutus, attempting to completely wipe out another ethnic group, 

>the Tutsis.

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>GREG SLAWSON <gregslawson at msn.com> wrote:

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>These figures are mostly made up. Even a look at census figures disproves 

>them. How many have capitalism killed? 500,000 in Rowanda? 1.5 million in 

>Iraq, JUST under Bill Clinton (not to mention the ongoing killilngs by the 

>CIA-installed Hussein)? 2 or more million in Asia during the Vietnam War? 

>20 million in WWII? etc. etc. Besides, how many lives did the capitalists' 

>main enemy of all time, the evil Stalin, save by stopping Hitler in his 

>tracks?

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