Kassim Ouma ON hbo

[masterdirector]

I'm a big fan of Ouma's & all, but I'm getting just a little tired of hearing about his life. OK, it's unfortunate that he was kidnapped & forced to fight in the Ugandan rebel army, but he's only one of about a million that suffered the same fate. From what I've seen & heard, he's done nothing to help the rest of the people that shared his fate. This guy is interesting enough to see without all the feel-good bullcrap that's forced on us.

Okay damn...you come off as one of those racists who say "i'm tired of hearing these blacks talk about slavery as if it was that bad."

Ouma's story is compelling. He isn't famous. Marginally famous at best. So they tell that story over and over...so what? How many times have we had to hear about Muhammad Ali having his bicycle stolen, so he learned to fight? Or that George Foreman raised cows and **** in Texas? Or that Juan Diaz is the best of the 2000 Olympians because he goes to school?

The Juan Diaz thing is MUCH more annoying than the Ouma thing, by far. So Diaz goes to school and makes good grades and he cries a lot. Big deal. I mean, sure mention it, but they've done at least two pieces on it on HBO.

So you're pissed at Ouma for making it over here? You'd prefer it if he had just stayed over there and died? That's what your message comes off as.

[Mr. Ryan]

I'm a big fan of Ouma's & all, but I'm getting just a little tired of hearing about his life. OK, it's unfortunate that he was kidnapped & forced to fight in the Ugandan rebel army, but he's only one of about a million that suffered the same fate. From what I've seen & heard, he's done nothing to help the rest of the people that shared his fate. This guy is interesting enough to see without all the feel-good bullcrap that's forced on us.

A lot of other kids were kidnapped, but how many of them made extreme successes out of themselves?

[xrhythmxnxbluesx]

i seen it on hbo... interesting story... too bad he cant go bak to his home country and get his other kid because he might get killed...

[SacTown1]

Ouma is a soldier, in every sense of the word, I got mad respect for The Dream, and his story is a great one