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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The commies are murderous no question about that, but if you look back at Exodus you can see God and his soldiers Moses and Joshua were probably the most genocidal, despicable people in history.  Pol Pot doesn't come close to the sheer brutality of the Israelites when they got to Canaan. I can cite it chapter and verse if you want but it's too revolting to read even in this day and age.[/quote]

Go back a few pages and read the stats. Did Moses if Joshua kill tens of millions of people? No? Then you’re ignorant.

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Well the number of people in Canaan in 1400 b.c. or thereabouts made "tens of millions"of deaths impossible. But on a percentage basis it was probably greater than the commies in the last century.  Truly revolting. I mean that.  Pol Pot wasn't even that murderous.[/quote]

Pol Pot:

The Cambodian Genocide took place between 1975-1979 by a political party named The Khmer Rouge, their leader was Pol Pot.

They led a four year reign of terror in Democratic Kampuchea, the name for Cambodia during the regime. Throughout the country, the Khmer Rouge made 167 prisons in which they tortured millions of people. In the 343 killing fields, a quarter of Cambodia’s population were murdered (nearly 3 million people). The rest of the world didn't know what was happening in Cambodia, so no one did anything to help.

Pot was born Saloth Sar in 1925 in Prek Shauv, outside the village of Angkor Thom, Siem Reap. His family lived as Khmer but were of mixed ethnicity, Khmer and Chinese. His father was a prosperous farmer and the family were considered moderately wealthy for their time. They were devout monks and when the young Saloth Sar moved to Phnom Penh, he became a novice monk for a few months. Pol Pot would later have all monks murdered.

He was educated at some of Cambodia’s elite schools and was an intelligent man listening intently to teachers and professors during his education. Under his regime, he would kill these same people as he was paranoid, he didn’t want anyone alive whom he considered more intelligent than him.

Peasants were his heroes, and it was farmers, boys and teenagers he appealed to, recruiting them for his army with promises of a better life, a steady job and equality.

Pol Pot joined the Communist Party Khmer Rouge, which was founded on the policies of Maoism. The Khmer Rouge Party translated means “Red Khmer”, the word red stood for communism. He later became its leader, and eventually the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea taking his country to war with Vietnam. He idolised Chairman Mao, and used Vladimir Lenin in his quotes.

His vision was to create “a new Cambodia” where everyone was equal. No rich, no poor, no one was better than anyone. He wanted a pure communal self-sufficient society. If you have read George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” you can already see the parallels.

The Killing Fields

People were forced to work sowing rice, however any harvests were taken away from them causing wide spread starvation. They were told the food was for front line fighters, they need it more than you. Most people died of starvation but that was part of the plan. Starvation and malnutrition was cheap and easy.
Orphans were trained as child soldiers, taught how to use guns, how to fight, to crush Vietnam, their enemy. They were made to plant landmines, thousands and thousands which lay like a ticking time-bombs when the war later finished.
Anyone they thought were against the regime, or were thought to know people who opposed it were put into prison, tortured and starved. 
High ranking officials were interrogated over and over, day after day. Some died, others were taken to the killing fields.
Pol Pot killed anyone he believed to be cleverer than him. If you looked intelligent, wore glasses, spoke another language, were a classical or popular singer, you would be put to death. Prisoners’ hands would be checked, if they were soft it would be assumed they were intelligent and sent to the Killing Fields. His paranoia knew no bounds, he even killed members of his own family. Towards the end of the revolution, paranoia was rife and people within the regime started to turn on each other.

To make it easier to round up prisoners, people from the countryside were tricked into coming along. They believed they were coming to help; doctors, lawyers, teachers, nuns, monks, people with trades all travelled from their homes thinking they could help victims. Unbeknown to them, they would become victims themselves.

In the early years, two to three trucks would arrive every few weeks and most prisoners were killed that night. From 1978 trucks would arrive daily and there were too many people to dispatch in one evening, so some were taken to a holding area overnight and killed the next day. As many as 300 people were killed every day. In this one killing field, 20,000 were murdered.

It is thought that some people were relieved at the thought of death. They had suffered enough.

Each morning, a messenger was sent to inform the guards how many people were coming so they could dig the appropriate sized graves. When a truck full of people arrived that evening in the dark, executioners were waiting by the graves. The lights were turned on and prisoners were asked to kneel down in front of the pit.

The killing tree – the worst story was yet to come

The most horrific stories were still to come. A farmer was digging for potatoes and uncovered a mass grave. When he looked around, he saw a tree covered with hair, brain and blood stains.

This tree was used to kill babes in front of their mothers. Their heads were smashed against the tree and tossed into the pit. Women were stripped naked and thrown in, many had been raped. One grave held more than 100 women and children.

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I cannot believe a thinking human being typed the words “Pol Pot wasn’t even that murderous.”[/quote]

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