Confronted with senseless atrocity, the question that always burns in one's mind is "how could this happen?" And never has the question been more unfathomable than in trying to understand the Nazis' systematic slaughter of millions of Jews in what became known as the Holocaust.
The 545-page report on 600 of the country's most serious reported atrocities raises the question of whether Rwanda could be found guilty of genocide against Hutu during the war in neighboring Congo, but says international courts would need to rule on individual cases.
In the face of atrocity, the troubling question, "Where was God in all this?" is answerable only by invoking the mysterious ways in which He works.
The atrocity question did not figure significantly in the real-life trial, but the movie puts a twist of its own on the issue.
Ultimately, outraged dissenters — chief among them the relentless Philadelphia-based reformer Herbert Welsh — forced the question of U.S. atrocities into the light.
We just don't know.' Answering the question may prevent further atrocities, but those charged with protecting Britain admit another successful attack is inevitable.
"If they had taken the story to where it is now, which is DRC, I think that you could still raise the question of Kony's atrocities, which are still ongoing now, but also raise the important issues that come with that, including the fact that DRC is where in 90s six or seven armies fought.
The question is how we respond to atrocity situations and other real-life challenges, not whether.
The question remains, however, would border controls have prevented the Paris atrocities?
The question then becomes, is Game of Thrones more than a horror story, piling atrocity on top of atrocity and daring us to keep watching?
