The killing fields and S21
Went there when I was in Phnom Penh. So many bodies/skulls it sort of gets so big that you no longer comprehend the magnitude, until... until you get to the tree.

You see the bastards killed most with a blow to the back of the head with a shovel. Men, women kids. Everyone.

Except the babies.

As they were too small/couldn't sit up, the guards smashed their heads off a tree, in which they had helpfully inserted some nails so as to speed things up. Oh yeah, at S21, they thoughtfully photographed the prisoners, and they are many of women with their babies. They all were murdered.

I have never wanted to waste someone before, but on that day, given the opportunity I would have had no qualms whatsoever taking out a former guard or two.

Sometimes all evil needs in order to succeed is for good men to do nothing.
(mowlem, Fri 29 Feb 2008, 10:27, 1 reply)

Yep
I remember being in Cambodia in the very early 90's when KR were still killing people. Bits of bone visible in the dirt around the Killing Fields, and stains that looked suspiciously like blood all over S21.

I can remember those things well because I took photos with my camera that was worth more than than the dollars required to feed a family for a year.

That place had a deep impact on me for quite a while.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 6:24, closed)