Disturbing images Maus 2

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These images of the bodies burning and the dead bodies of the mouse laying on top of each other just thrown unorganized way. In particular the little flies bother me because it shows that the bodies have been laying their for a while and are rotting flesh. Also the little lines showing the rib cages of the mouse and how that reminds me of human rib cages. The thought of little comic drawings being able to show me images relating to human beings frightens me. It also gets me really emotional when bodies are not given a proper burial and are left laying out like they once were not living human beings

DR Congo recent news/events/situations

This article brings up several good detailed situations that explain the situation in the Congo today. There is a lot of military violence going on especially acts of sexual violence and rape. The numbers of women raped in these villages are astounding and there are some accounts younger girls being raped and some of the stories are shocking. However now there seems to be an involvement with human rights organizations and UN. Why hasn't more international aid been focused on some of these issues in the Congo? Why there still violent military control in the Congo even after the war has been officially over since 2003. What can we do to understand the situation better and understand why there is still this military control there and still these atrocities and acts of sexual violence still being done there?



The United nations pulled 2,000 UN peace keepers from the Congo because the government in Congo thinks its a violation of their sovereignty. However in many cases the UN peace keepers have kept quite even when they heard about the rapes and killings the army has committed. I think its a bad idea to take these UN peace keepers away because of the violent corrupt military in the Congo. They need to train these peace keepers to do something about the massive rape happening in the Congo and trying to stop them. I think the international community needs to intervene in this situation because the Congo government itself cannot do anything because of the huge corruption going on. Why are the Peace Keepers there if they don't do anything to help?