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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian

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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (5394)5/15/2000 4:18:00 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (1) of 9127
 
Yesterday there was an article in our paper about Sierra Leone. A 16 year old girl was interviewed who had been captured and raped so viciously that by the time she escaped, the damage was so severe she had to have a hysterectomy. There was a picture of a 13 year old holding a younger child with her stumps. The RUF had chopped off her arms at the elbow. This is apparently very common behavior among the rebels, this chopping off of appendages, this raping of young girls (one was 11). The atrocities are endless.
I had the same thought as you--- what strange rationale is governing this behavior? These aren't the actions of moral humans. These people have slipped the tenuous grip that civilization has on us.
I;m having a hard time dredging up any compassion for them, despite X's advice.
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