Jane's Addiction Does Africa

A lot has been written about the U.N. report that says Sudan atrocities are not genocide. If that isn't a genocide, then what is, for God's sake? The fundamental problem, it seems to me, is that this actually opens the door for other countries to act in like manner without having to deal with the international repercussions of being genocidal. Or, to use a very difficult analogy, if a criminal sexually abuses a woman with an object that is not his genitalia, and that violent intrusion is ruled by a court as not being 'rape' because it involves a tool other than his anatomy, then it seems to me that a great number of sicko thugs now think to themselves, "Ha! A broomstick, and it's not rape!" Then, this becomes a ruling that actually exacerbates the problem and makes victims more vulnerable. The analogy is a tough one, to be sure, but when so many die, and when a theoretically governing body downplays it so pitifully, perhaps a shock is precisely what is needed. It's sure needed at the U.N.