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The comparisons between the women of The Trojan Women and modern female survivors of the conflict in Bosnia is brilliant.

"War is an intelligent beast." -War changes our definition of natural and expected behavior.

From the fall of Troy to present, rape has been used as another weapon in war.

Genocide is too vague of a word.

"The ethic of genocide is not obvious. Our knee-jerk reaction is to condemn it, blame the perpetrator, and memorialize the victim. And yet it happens over and over again, and all we can say is, "Never Again."

The Ethics of South African Identity was beautiful

"My contradictions are important because they shape my identity, and the identity I ultimately choose defines the moral and ethical compass of my adult life." - Magogodi Makhene