In the same manner, the Hutus fought for what they believed in, in the book We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch. In Africa, where this book is based on, the Hutu are a tribal majority and the Tutsi are the minority. Unlike Socrates, the Hutu used brutal force in fighting for their beliefs and killed 800,000 Tutsis in the process. The Hutu beliefs were immoral and harsh. They wanted to reign over the Tutsi and have complete control of the country. In contrast, the Tutsi wanted to stay in Rwanda, have peace between the two tribes, and .
have part in the government of the country. There were no rational choices made in solving these problems between the two tribes. It was either fight or be killed. The Tutsi believed in staying in Rwanda instead of fleeing for their lives as refugees from the Hutu. The Tutsi considered Rwanda their only home and had a set of strong beliefs about staying in their homeland, even if they were going to be massacred by the Hutu.
"I am accused of genocide but what does that mean? If my death will bring reconciliation, if my death will make some people happy, then I'm not afraid to die- (pg. 344) Karamira, a Hutu and president during the genocide, says as he is on trial for being involved in the genocide in Rwanda. Karamira stood up for his beliefs as a Hutu. He didn't deny, yet he didn't accuse himself of participating in the genocide. As a matter of fact, many Hutu members admitted to the mass killings of the Tutsi tribe, but they didn't admit they were involved. .
Both tribes had their own sets of morals and beliefs, and they both fought for what they thought was their freedom of expression of one's right of citizenship. The Hutu killed Tutsi because of what they believed in, and they didn't care what the consequences for the massacre were. The Hutu thought that by killing the Tutsi they were expressing who was in .
