The two oldest remaining leaders of the Khmer rouge have finally been sentenced to life in prison for their crimes against humanity...30 years later. However their punishment will never be sufficient enough for the crimes they committed. The title of this article is so appropriate because the Khmer rouge, even though they have lost almost all of their power, still holds fear over the people in Cambodia. I especially liked that this article provided a bit of back ground information of what it was like to live in Cambodia at that time. Just like in many of the books we are reading in class, and the debate about language oppression by edited standard English, the Cambodians were forced to give up their traditional way of life and live how the Khmer rouge say fit. This ethnic cleansing almost led to the complete extinction of an entire culture. It reminded me a lot of Things Fall Apart when the "Albinos" came into the African villages about wanted to convert everyone to Christianity.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/08/07/why-the-world-should-not-forget-khmer-rouge-and-the-killing-fields-of-cambodia/
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