Nationalists that rage war or genocide create terror and the destruction of society and relationships. In addition to supporting the cause of violence, this hostile environment is also achieved through extra -lethal activities. From the book Show Time: The Race, Power and Violent Display by Lee Ann Fujii, chapter 7, called Sideshows, explains why is it important to look at ‘extra-lethal’ activities that are sideshows of a war or genocide. The ruthless acts of nationalists are extra lethal transgressions that did not happen during the midst, but near the end of a war or genocide. (Fujii 2015, 1-2). This essay will prove that nationalists take advantage of violent situations, and exploit their power from these lethal environments. The opportunistic
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Torturing or humiliating victims bring pleasure and satisfaction for the nationalist. The prison camps in Bosnia display how the nationalist exploited their victim for their own advantage. The guards would force prisoners to sing in exchange for water, sometimes forcing them to sing louder or more than once, until eventually the water would be thrown for the prisoners to drink from the ground (Fujii 2015, 4-5). In addition, prisoners had to perform many brutal activities, such as bite off their fellow prisoner’s testicles, randomly interrogated or beat each other (Fujii 2015). According to Fuji, while the guards performed these extra-lethal activities they reacted by clapping, laughing, cheering and mocking (Fujii, 2015, 20). Fujii further explains that nationalists would perpetuate the entertainment by finding innovated ways to perform barbarous acts and keep the environment ‘lively’ (Fujii 2015,19). These brutal acts were not necessary nor did they support the cause of the war. The sole purpose of these barbaric activities was to provide entertainment for the guards. For the nationalists, beating the prisoner was not enough, they needed to provoke further violence to exploit their power as far as possible and display shows for …show more content…
Nationalists hold interest gaining an even greater power or reputation and they use violence as a tool to avenge their grudges against people. For instance, in the Rwanda genocide, Joseph wants to define his ‘singular power’ (Fujii 2015, 20). Fujii argues that Joseph wants to achieve power and reputation that was greater than the genocide itself and not part of the political system. He had an image of disliking the Tutsi group and help grudges against people who opposed him (Fujii 2015, 18). Joseph would deceive his Tutsi friends by pretended to protect them and instead, sending them to the militia. Once he kept two Tutsi women to his house for protection but kept the women captive to allow other men to rape the women. He had those two women killed and had their nude bodies publicly displayed in the town center (Fujii 2015, 18). Joseph’s extra-lethal activities allowed him to stage himself in a manner that emphasizes the fact that he wants to become more than just a nationalist. The question that arises in this incident is what was Joseph’s motive to perform these transgression acts? He already had enough power to kill anyone. Joseph cutting off dead Tutsi’s head gave him more power, but why did he want more power? It is difficult to understand how these extra lethal activities push the perpetrator to want more when they already have the authority to kill
Torturing or humiliating victims bring pleasure and satisfaction for the nationalist. The prison camps in Bosnia display how the nationalist exploited their victim for their own advantage. The guards would force prisoners to sing in exchange for water, sometimes forcing them to sing louder or more than once, until eventually the water would be thrown for the prisoners to drink from the ground (Fujii 2015, 4-5). In addition, prisoners had to perform many brutal activities, such as bite off their fellow prisoner’s testicles, randomly interrogated or beat each other (Fujii 2015). According to Fuji, while the guards performed these extra-lethal activities they reacted by clapping, laughing, cheering and mocking (Fujii, 2015, 20). Fujii further explains that nationalists would perpetuate the entertainment by finding innovated ways to perform barbarous acts and keep the environment ‘lively’ (Fujii 2015,19). These brutal acts were not necessary nor did they support the cause of the war. The sole purpose of these barbaric activities was to provide entertainment for the guards. For the nationalists, beating the prisoner was not enough, they needed to provoke further violence to exploit their power as far as possible and display shows for …show more content…
Nationalists hold interest gaining an even greater power or reputation and they use violence as a tool to avenge their grudges against people. For instance, in the Rwanda genocide, Joseph wants to define his ‘singular power’ (Fujii 2015, 20). Fujii argues that Joseph wants to achieve power and reputation that was greater than the genocide itself and not part of the political system. He had an image of disliking the Tutsi group and help grudges against people who opposed him (Fujii 2015, 18). Joseph would deceive his Tutsi friends by pretended to protect them and instead, sending them to the militia. Once he kept two Tutsi women to his house for protection but kept the women captive to allow other men to rape the women. He had those two women killed and had their nude bodies publicly displayed in the town center (Fujii 2015, 18). Joseph’s extra-lethal activities allowed him to stage himself in a manner that emphasizes the fact that he wants to become more than just a nationalist. The question that arises in this incident is what was Joseph’s motive to perform these transgression acts? He already had enough power to kill anyone. Joseph cutting off dead Tutsi’s head gave him more power, but why did he want more power? It is difficult to understand how these extra lethal activities push the perpetrator to want more when they already have the authority to kill