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Yeah, I can hear bean screaming in agony at the thought right now.

It's weird. I went to a seminar about it and the lawyers in the states and grad students who had worked in Liberia had totally different takes on its effectiveness. Mostly the diaspora communities were the ones that like it. Some wanted to tell stories that were over 20 years old. Some, like you said, just want to forget, and some are suspicious of the whole project because it originated with the Liberian government (of which some were people who committed the atrocities--see Johnson). And within Liberia most people just want to get on with bringing in food and jobs. They're just looking for life's basic necessities and they think the TRC is a waste of time and money.

It's interesting to say the least, but what I'm interested in is the implications in has on one's immigration status when they work with these types of groups. Anyway... yeah.