Visit Rwanda?

[Pat Vegas]

Do Emirates fly there? If not it’s a conflict of sponsor interest.

[Luis Anaconda]

Do Emirates fly there? If not it’s a conflict of sponsor interest.

I think we covered this when we became partners with the Israeli tourist board

[Burney]

It's a scam. It's got to be a scam. Rwanda is a beautiful country with one real tourist attraction - gorilla trekking. Other wise you're looking at a genocide museum in an oppressive, corrupt dictatorship. There isn't even capacity to expand the number of gorilla visitors - you already have to apply for a permit months and months in advance. There's almost no tourist infrastructure. Getting to Kigali costs a fortune, prices within Rwanda are extraordinarily high by African standards, and the permits for gorilla treks are ablut $1,000 a day.

In short, advertising tourism in Rwanda is a complete waste of money, but advertising tourism in Rwanda to football fans is simple lunacy.

It's a scam.

Yes. The question is Hutu blame?

[Sir C]

Yes. The question is Hutu blame?

When the killings started, a Hutu priest shepherded his Tutsi flock into the church for safe keeping.

Then he went and got a bulldozer and flattened the fúcker on top of them

These Hutus are crazy.

[Ash]

When the killings started, a Hutu priest shepherded his Tutsi flock into the church for safe keeping.

Then he went and got a bulldozer and flattened the fúcker on top of them

These Hutus are crazy.

If one is driving a bulldozer into a church, how can one be sure that the church won't fall on top of one, but will instead neatly fold over and crush the flock inside?

[Sir C]

If one is driving a bulldozer into a church, how can one be sure that the church won't fall on top of one, but will instead neatly fold over and crush the flock inside?

In truth, I report information only as relayed to me by the good people of the Genocide Museum, who were more than eager to fill me in on the gorier aspects of 'what happened' as the massacre is euphemistically referred to. Mind you, given that I went there directly from the airport after a 14 hour journey, my recollection may not be perfect. Some bits do stick in the mind, mind.

[WES]

It’s times like this that I wish my holidays were more like Charles. The wife and children have always wanted to fly hours in order to see a Genocide Museum and there’s me taking them to 5 star resorts and cities filled with history, culture, architecture and great food.

It’s virtually child abuse

[IUFG]

If one is driving a bulldozer into a church, how can one be sure that the church won't fall on top of one, but will instead neatly fold over and crush the flock inside?

one doesn't have to pay attention to the mere details, a.

[Sir C]

one doesn't have to pay attention to the mere details, a.

Thinking about it, one assumes that the priest had God on his side.

[Ash]

one doesn't have to pay attention to the mere details, a.

In my experience one does, especially if there are potential propaganda points to be scored. Note that I am not doubting the veracity of this particular story or the accuracy with which it was retold here. I am just, perhaps callously, a little bit cautious about atrocity stories if something doesn't quite feel right about them.

For example, victims of an alleged chemical attack who were recorded arriving in hospital before the alleged attack actually took place. Something slightly odd about that imo.

Perhaps in this case the blade thingy of the bulldozer was bigger than the actual church, just to be safe.