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# How can they not intervene
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2005617how-can-they-not-intervene-html/
- Published: 2005-06-17T02:44:51.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:34:38.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Social Justice & Compassion, #DashHouseCom, #wp

When I was a kid, I remember wondering how the world could have let the [Holocaust](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust?ref=dashhouse.com) happen. I think I understand a bit more now. We repeat this mistake all the time.

I’m watching [*Hotel Rwanda*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007R4T3U/dashhouse-20?ref=dashhouse.com) tonight. I’ve procrastinated because I knew it would be brutal. The most haunting line so far comes after a U.S. journalist films people being massacred. The following is an exchange between the hotel manager (Paul Rusesabagina) and the journalist:

> **Paul Rusesabagina:** I am glad that you have shot this footage, and that the world will see it. It is the only way we have a chance that people might intervene.

> **Journalist:** Yeah, and if no one intervenes, it’s still a good thing to show?

> **Paul Rusesabagina:** \[Surprised\] How can they not intervene when they witness such atrocities?

> **Journalist:** I think if people see this footage, they’ll say, “Oh God, that’s horrible!” and then go on eating their dinners.

**Update**: Example found here – [“In Congo, 1,000 die per day: Why isn’t it a media story?”](http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0614/p09s02-coop.html?ref=dashhouse.com)