Was the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia purer?

Post #25,398 by a6l6e6x 1/23/02 10:49:30 PM Reply	Was the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia purer? "Pol Pot's murderous Khmer Rouge regime resulted in the massacre of at least 1.7 million people between 1975 and 1979, annihilating roughly 25 percent of the country's population." [link\|http://www.yaleherald.com/archive/xxvi/12.4.98/news/genocide!.html\|Ref.] Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #25,426 by Brandioch 1/24/02 4:39:58 AM Reply	You tell me. Was there a ruling elite or not? You are aware of what Communism is, right?
Post #25,449 by a6l6e6x 1/24/02 9:58:32 AM Reply	Re: You tell me. Does reading Marx and Engels and The Communist Manifesto count. I've read about the Blessed Virgin and nirvana as well. Following Marx's ideas, there never has been a communist state. Communism, in practice, is the oppression and enslavement of 97% by the ruling 3% and death to those who can see the truth. You and Ashton will tell us it's worse than that here. Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #25,457 by Brandioch 1/24/02 11:16:12 AM Reply	sigh "Does reading Marx and Engels and The Communist Manifesto count." Reading it? Well, that is the prerequisite for UNDERSTANDING it. So, no. Just reading it doesn't count. "Following Marx's ideas, there never has been a communist state." So, why do you ask questions to which you already seem to know the answer? "Communism, in practice, is the oppression and enslavement of 97% by the ruling 3% and death to those who can see the truth." No, that is totalitarian socialism. "Communism" is just the name given so that people can be fooled into thinking the reality is not what it is. "You and Ashton will tell us it's worse than that here." Worse than that? Not yet. You see, over 200 years ago, we had a group of very intelligent individuals who understood that certain people would try to drag this country down to a totalitarian state. So, this group crafted a government that had checks and balances to ensure that there would be 2 segments to oppose any totalitarian move by the other. Unfortunately, they couldn't account for all contingencies. They didn't realize the true extent of human stupidity over time. Particularly with regards to language and the slow erosion of rights.
Post #25,491 by Ashton 1/24/02 1:09:05 PM Reply	Seconded. No need to add much to the above.

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