Eric Strauss, director of the new documentary "The Redemption of General Butt Naked," and Colin Waugh, author of Charles Taylor and Liberia: Ambition & Atrocity in Africa's Lone Star State, talk about Charles Taylor, Joseph Kony, Joshua Milton Blahyi, and efforts for reconciliation and forgiveness in African nations ridden by violence.
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Charles Taylor was troubled from the start. Read a review of Colin Waugh's book about him:
http://passblue.com/2012/04/24/judging-charles-taylor/
Someone who's responsible for a genocide must be brought to trial. If everyone is forgiven, there are no consequences for future criminal acts.
I saw this movie and think sincerity matters. He seemed like a sociopath very much aware this was the best way to escape justice. Reconciliation is possible only if sincere, but not here.
There is such a thing as genuine conversion. On the other hand, too many people were involved in this, you can't punish them all, you have to reconcile and move on.
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