Shooting Dogs

I sat quietly in the back of the movie theatre. There were only two other people in the room with me. We were watching a film called “Shooting Dogs.” It’s about the Rwandan genocide. Grim. Sad. Worth watching.

There are so many horrible realities in this world. Most of us merely sit in our nice houses, worrying about our petty problems while more than half the world lives on less than two dollars a day. A good percentage of the world is hungry. Another percentage is being killed even as I type. Call me a sentimentalist, but seriously my heart bleeds.

There is a scene in the movie where a teacher is given two options: He can keep his promise to stay with his pupils and face certain death or leave with the U.N. forces and be certain of safety. What a choice! I fear that I would love my life too much to make such a permanent sacrifice for others. The teacher chooses safety. No man has a greater love than to give his life for his friends ….

Thanks for the recommendation Damien!