Post by austkyzor on Nov 30, 2010 14:34:13 GMT -5
First of all. Familiarize yourself with the Cambodian Revolution.
Go ahead, I'll wait.
~dum de da da dah....~
Back? Okay... oh? Need a moment? Sure.
...
Want a kleenex?
ANYWAYS!
For those who didn't go and familiarize themselves with the Cambodian Revolution - in the mid 70s the Khmer Rouge - a Cambodian Communist Party - incited a revolution which lead to a dictatorship ruled by Pol Pot. In the process the class system was reversed, peasants had all the power (after Pol Pot & Friends, of course), and the former upper classes were reduced to nothing. The entire country became a labour camp (appropriately named "The Killing Fields"), money & family were abolished. From 1975-1979 Pol Pot used his power to murder over 2 million people through overwork, starvation, and random executions. People were killed because they were doctors, because they spoke English, because they had a lot of money before the regime, or simply because they looked suspicious.
This terrible event has often been called a genocide.
And therein lies the question. Was it really a genocide?
Genocide - noun - the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.
Examples include: The Rwandan Genocide, The Holocaust, The Armenian Genocide. The KKK is known for acts of genocide.
The thing about Cambodia is that while 2 million people were murdered, there was no discrimination about it. So was it genocide? Or just a massive, and very unfortunate tragedy as the result of a revolution?
Aust Kyzor will not be held responsible for depression acquired as a result of researching The Cambodian Revolution, The Rwandan Genocide, The Holocaust, or The Armenian Genocide.
Go ahead, I'll wait.
~dum de da da dah....~
Back? Okay... oh? Need a moment? Sure.
...
Want a kleenex?
ANYWAYS!
For those who didn't go and familiarize themselves with the Cambodian Revolution - in the mid 70s the Khmer Rouge - a Cambodian Communist Party - incited a revolution which lead to a dictatorship ruled by Pol Pot. In the process the class system was reversed, peasants had all the power (after Pol Pot & Friends, of course), and the former upper classes were reduced to nothing. The entire country became a labour camp (appropriately named "The Killing Fields"), money & family were abolished. From 1975-1979 Pol Pot used his power to murder over 2 million people through overwork, starvation, and random executions. People were killed because they were doctors, because they spoke English, because they had a lot of money before the regime, or simply because they looked suspicious.
This terrible event has often been called a genocide.
And therein lies the question. Was it really a genocide?
Genocide - noun - the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.
Examples include: The Rwandan Genocide, The Holocaust, The Armenian Genocide. The KKK is known for acts of genocide.
The thing about Cambodia is that while 2 million people were murdered, there was no discrimination about it. So was it genocide? Or just a massive, and very unfortunate tragedy as the result of a revolution?
Aust Kyzor will not be held responsible for depression acquired as a result of researching The Cambodian Revolution, The Rwandan Genocide, The Holocaust, or The Armenian Genocide.
