Many bloggers and readers have gotten into a debate on whether or not the violence in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is morally responsible and whether or not Tarantino's film (and entire body of work) has anything to say about violence, atrocity, or anything at all, for that matter.
"I am shocked by recent reports of a surge in violence and atrocities in several towns and villages in Syria, resulting in alarming levels of casualties, refugees and displaced persons, in violation of assurances given to me," Mr Annan said.
The report, released on Wednesday, contained a lengthy catalogue of unimaginable violence and atrocities committed by all parties in the continuing civil war that has killed more than 190,000 people.
"Just as impunity has enabled violence and atrocities for decades in Colombia, sustainable peace won't be possible without holding accountable perpetrators of the worst abuses, such as rape, disappearances and torture".
For the second piece, a screen came down, and the audience was shown an accompanying film — first of computer-enhanced pictures of the planets and the cosmos, then real clips of violence and atrocities, followed by scenes of war relief, peacemakers and religious devotees.
Your harrowing article about rape as a tool of war in Congo ("Latest Tragic Symbol of an Unhealed Congo: Male Rape Victims," front page, Aug. 5) rightly points out Rwanda's culpability for violence and atrocities in a country it has repeatedly invaded.
The displaced and dispossessed literally have no safety net as violence and atrocities, though unreported, continue in the Kivus.
Stripped of their basic rights, community members have been submitted to extreme violence and atrocities in Myanmar.
State-aligned paramilitaries and drug cartels have contributed to the violence, with atrocities committed by all sides.
At its core, the president's Executive Order was hastily undertaken and ill-conceived, targeting the very men, women, and children who are so often on the frontlines of the extremist violence and atrocities that President Trump says he wants to confront.
