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i cant be bothered going through this whole thing coz the more i talk about it the more worked up i get and i dont want to tell my whole story with the experiences of this war because i dont feel i can tell anyone, really. plus the fact that no matter what i have gone through, i have friends who have had to deal with a lot worse at the hands of other people.nekkid said:i did not simplify anything. i stated what i had understood from the court ruling.
so, in your opinion, the court (which is responsible for administering punishment to those who deserve it - no light responsibility) did not take into account other reasons that may have contributed to this event? you are also implying that the court did nothing more than "scratch the surface" of the issue, and that the court's "sweeping statement" was not representative of the "true" cause of this event.
i respect and recognise what you and your family has been through. unfortunately, this happens on a daily basis around the world. yes, you were there, and you have done some research for your history extension project and may know a lot more than the majority of the people on bos, but you do not know the whole story.
again, my prayers and condolences go out to those who have suffered because of this tragedy.
basically what i wanted to tell you was that you are simplifying, and im not saying it like its a horrible rah rah thing, but it is what most people do. people simplify conflicts every day- we talk about the slaughters in Rawanda, Sudan, Iraq etc and we simplify it with statements like "Iraq happened because Bush wanted oil" when its a lot more complex than simply oil.
secondly, ive done a lot more research than just for a history project. i have spent a lot of time and effort going through the crisis and trying to understand it, because it has haunted much of my life. i do not pretend to know it all, but as you say i know more than most (possibly all, i dunno, anyone else read up on this at all even?) on this issue, so i think you have to understand i know a bit more than you about the causes and consequences.
as for the court, i believe it did what any court should- hand out judgement based on the facts acessable to it at the time. the court is not a historian who tries to figure out each point of view and understand why something really happened. the court is there to punish those who did wrong, like, for example, Milosevic, Gotovina, Karadzic and Mladic, not to lay down the history of the reigon and its people.