Hotel Rwanda

I think Jack is unfortunately right about people seeing horrible footage and moving on with their lives. It seems that watching the news today is just like watching a movie. Sometimes its hard to even convince yourself that the events are real because you believe that something like that could never happen to you. People are so indifferent to the suffering they hear on the evening news because chances are it does not personally involve them. It is harder to bring yourself to do something about the suffering when it does not involve you or the people around you. I think we need to be more aware of this suffering and reach out to those in need, no matter where they live. I would like to get people around me to help just like they reached out and helped the victims of the Boston bombings. It does not need to be a close tragedy in order for us to reach out. I would try to explain this to those around me and have them understand that they would want help if they were ever faced with such a tragedy.