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It’s hard to understand why anyone could do these things to other people, but it’s happened countless times throughout history. This was only 1 of the major genocides just in the 20th century, even; think about the holocaust or Rwanda, for instance.
The only thing people can do is educate others on it, so they will learn. Because those who don’t learn history are doomed to repeat it.
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Oh I know Kaylin, as I was writing this I thought about all the genocides I have learned about and wondered about the many I have no clue about because they are not taught to us. I could have mentioned some of the ones I knew about, but then the post would have been longer and I didn’t want to stray from this one in particular. I’m glad I am able to share this with people, because like you said we must educate ourselves to make sure history does not repeat itself.
Wow. This is so sad. I don’t understand how a human can be so cruel to another human. This is not too long ago. I wonder if some prisoners survived to tell the story.
Thanks for the informational blog, Jaime. It was very interesting to read, and very sad.
Xoxo,
Rubi
Hi Rubi, yes this is so sad. Visiting this and the Killing Fields was one of the saddest days of my trip. This seriously happened yesterday in terms of history. It’s crazy to think no one did anything to prevent this from happening. I did forget to mention that “there were only seven known survivors and as of September 2011, only three of them are thought to be still alive”. I’m glad I was able to share with you something you didn’t know about. I’m going to be recommending two books about this on my next post about the killing fields. I love ya Rubi & see ya soon.
When I was there a little over a year ago, I remember that being the roughest day of my entire trip. I went here and to the Killing Fields in one day, and it was crushing. Like you said, it was so hard to walk through room after room in that school and think about what happened there and what those people must have been thinking, what they went through. And why is this something I never heard about until I got into the travel blogging world and started planning my trip to Cambodia? Certainly people who were adults in the late 70s and early 80s must have heard more about it when it all came out in the public. I’d say maybe you and I are just a bit too young and missed it, but then we still learn about the horrors of WII in history class. Maybe because that was a huge war the US was involved with and it was a different situation, but still seems strange.
Really moving post Jaime. You had me crying with this one.
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I have to agree with you Ali, it was one of my roughest days too of my two years on the road. It takes a toll on your soul as you see these sights and learn more about this dark history. I also didn’t learn about this until I got into Travel Blogging and am upset I didn’t learn about it earlier. I know the US didn’t have much to do with this… well if we don’t includ everything it did in Cambodia leading to this we can say it didn’t, but still this is such a huge genocide that should be shared with us so we help prevent something like this happening again. Also yes we were not even born during that time so that too may be another reason. I am just happy I have a platform to share this with my readers. Glad you enjoyed the post & I’m sorry I made you cry.
I’m not sure I could handle visiting this place, but I would try my best, because it’s so important when traveling to visit historical places like this. Makes you a much better traveler and person!
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Yes Andi, it’s hard to visit, but it’s our job to make sure we see some of the things that will make us feel very uncomfortable and even cry. It helps you learn more about the world we live in & sometimes wonder how certain things could have ever happened.
hate to admit it but this place made me cry… at first i could not understand why some people are crying inside the museum then when i started reading the stuff on the wall, i cried too… immediately went outside… it’s so sad and depressing… but a great wake up call for everyone to not let this happen again to any country in the world…
Oh Flip you aren’t alone… I cried too. It was so damn hard. Have you read any of the books I recommended? Oh you should… you will cry too while reading them and learn a bit more about this horrible event. I’m glad they share it with us and hope it never happens again, but sadly feel like it’s happening today in some places of our world.
Why can something like this happen? Maybe because of the bystander effect and the diffusion of responsibility. The diffusion of responsibility for alleged war crimes during World War II was famously used as a legal defense by many of the Nazis being tried at Nuremberg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_responsibility
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Izy thanks for sharing that with me never heard of this, but it all makes sense and well we are seeing this happen as the the world stands by & watches thousands die in Syria. Ahhh sometimes I marvel at the world with all it’s wonder but then sometimes I marvel at how horrible it is.
I think the only way that people can be so cruel to others is if they envision their victims as being less than human. I personally don’t know how it’s possible to envision another human being as being less than human when we all bleed and breathe the same air, but I imagine that’s the only way that anyone could exert this kind of treatment on others. It’s sick and it’s sad, and unfortunately, things like this are still happening today. All I know is that there’s a special place in hell for the sick people responsible for this!
So true Dana and that is sad… I too don’t know how it’s possible to envision another human being as being less human than you or I. This actually reminded me of not only this but the many corporations or governments inflecting fear or other tactics to make sure they continue to profit off us. Ugh nevermind not sure if that made sense and well I know tha tis a whole other subject.