> Ms. Im Chaem said she had never planned to go to court anyway.
> “I do not like what they accuse me of,” she said in a recent interview at her home in Anlong Veng, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold. “I don’t want to think about that. There’s no reason for it. I don’t want to have any trouble. I just want to live in peace.”
I find the fact that she can safely say something like that to journalists somewhat strange. Less odious fascists were taken to the woods and shot in postwar Italy despite the amnesty.
A tad OT, but I'd note that the issue is also contingent on one's world view.
Christianity (the religion with which I'm most familiar) holds that each individual is ultimately held accountable by/to God for his/her behaviour.
EDIT FOR CLARIFICATION: I'm not claiming that Christian doctrine is against governments being in instrument of justice. I'm simply pointing out that in Christian doctrine, every individual will also face God's justice after he/she is dead. Which is quite different from saying they will "never" face justice.
I have no desire to start a HN flamewar regarding whether or not that Christian doctrine is accurate.
Why, then, did I post this comment at all? Because (as I mentioned in another comment), the parent made a claim with a suppressed premise that certain Christianity (and perhaps Judaism, Islam, etc.) doctrines are factually inaccurate. I considered that noteworthy.
I am pleasantly surprised that communist atrocities are actually published in the New York Times. It is so important not to forget and whitewash history.
[+] [-] dahdum|7 years ago|reply
Given Cambodia is uninterested in pursuing these charges for the sake of their political stability, I wonder if continuing is ultimately worthwhile.
[+] [-] type-2|7 years ago|reply
[+] [-] jhowell|7 years ago|reply
> “I do not like what they accuse me of,” she said in a recent interview at her home in Anlong Veng, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold. “I don’t want to think about that. There’s no reason for it. I don’t want to have any trouble. I just want to live in peace.”
[+] [-] frostburg|7 years ago|reply
[+] [-] hourislate|7 years ago|reply
[+] [-] DoofusOfDeath|7 years ago|reply
Christianity (the religion with which I'm most familiar) holds that each individual is ultimately held accountable by/to God for his/her behaviour.
EDIT FOR CLARIFICATION: I'm not claiming that Christian doctrine is against governments being in instrument of justice. I'm simply pointing out that in Christian doctrine, every individual will also face God's justice after he/she is dead. Which is quite different from saying they will "never" face justice.
I have no desire to start a HN flamewar regarding whether or not that Christian doctrine is accurate.
Why, then, did I post this comment at all? Because (as I mentioned in another comment), the parent made a claim with a suppressed premise that certain Christianity (and perhaps Judaism, Islam, etc.) doctrines are factually inaccurate. I considered that noteworthy.
[+] [-] DoctorOetker|7 years ago|reply
Aren't the real perpetrators/instigators the developed nations (both capitalist and communist) of the period forcing random peoples to pick sides?
[+] [-] robotrout|7 years ago|reply
[+] [-] happytoexplain|7 years ago|reply
[+] [-] andybak|7 years ago|reply