>Charlotte DeMoss wrote:
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>> Dear Dan:
>>
>> Is it not possible that Chomsky has been put in a false light by the p
>> press?-=3D----------- Just wondering----- Charlotte=09
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Dan Clore wrote:
>It is a definite fact that he has. Consider the Cambodia case, where he
>and Herman compared the Cambodian genocide to that in East Timor. They
>were similar in absolute numbers killed, but the Cambodian was
>exaggerated in the press, including faked photographs, forged refugee
>testimony, etc,
Excuse me. I realise that this is not the main point of your posting BUT:
- what do you mean the Cambodian case was exaggerated?! I work with
Cambodian people daily and hear first hand of the unbelievable trauma they
have been, and still are, subjected to. I have been to Cambodia and seen and
felt for myself the social, political, and more importantly, the psychic
dislocation that lingers there. I stood in the genocide museum in Phnom Penh
and saw the thousands of photos of the dead that the Khmer Rouge ghoulishly
took and displayed. Again, what do you mean exaggerated? The numbers were
exaggerated? What's it matter if it were 10, 20, 100, or 500,000? The impact
is colossal. A week in Cambodia is enough to see the fear that still lives
in their eyes......or have I missed a point here?
Michael Coghlan.
while the (US-backed) Timor genocide was ignored. The
>result of this study was that it was claimed that he "denied" the
>Cambodian genocide; that he compared it in size to another genocide was
>never mentioned, as the other genocide was committed with US backing,
>and hence unmentionable.
>
>This is exactly the kind of thing such a FAQ should address.
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