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Thanks to all you whose responses got gobbled by the board. Appreciate your taking the time to read, and your insights.

-- Metz

: AFTER THE FILM

: you take pains
: to explain to your wife, in detail
: far surpassing mastery of fact,

: exactly why those nasty Hutus
: slaughtered the Tutsis, making sure
: to place sufficient blame on Belgian
: colonialism,
: and pointing out how the faction of
: slaughterees

: ended up winning the war
: due to superior military organi-
: zation and discipline, not to mention
: French weapons. You mention

: with no small amount of pride
: that you followed the situation
: pretty darned close at the time

: in the Times, though many of the specifics
: had since escaped you, it was so long ago,
: so you are thankful to the director
: for refreshing your memory
: and indignation. When she asks

: who is in charge now, and how are things
: going?
: you suggest Nick Nolte might have over-acted.

: She agrees that a million
: is a lot of people even in Africa,
: and you can’t help but observe that
: machetes are more powerful than tsunamis,

: making mental note
: to save the quip and attendant
: shake-of-head for tomorrow’s party.
: Climbing into the Volvo, you both pledge
: to get up to speed on this whole Sudan thing.