tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698167516686409999.post1440824027489127931..comments2024-01-13T11:05:30.659+00:00Comments on A Passion to Understand: Cambodia: Kaing Guek Eav verdict tomorrowMandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698167516686409999.post-54165945031813083072010-07-30T10:55:55.890+01:002010-07-30T10:55:55.890+01:00@ Mike: That is so weird! I was certain that I had...@ Mike: That is so weird! I was certain that I had replied to this comment previously! Hmmm, maybe not. From what I have heard from speaking to Cambodians, the trials are not of benefit to the victims' families - they are too painful for them. I believe a truth and reconciliation commission mightbe of benefit but the Prime Minister, allegedly ex-Khmer Rouge, believes it would have a destabilising effect on the country.<br /><br />The problem is that it has to come out sometime. If these people owned up to their wrongs in a controlled and safe environment (TRC), we would no longer need to hunt them down and make them pay.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931248631361366673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7698167516686409999.post-52936130463592582172010-07-26T04:59:49.294+01:002010-07-26T04:59:49.294+01:00Emm deeply disturbing and close to "home.&quo...Emm deeply disturbing and close to "home." <br /><br />I am unsure about these type of trials, yes they do serve a purpose for victims families, but in Cambodia and many other countries around the world, for the most part the events are now history.<br /><br />Despite the atrocities committed by Nazis in WWII I see little point in hunting down old men to face their last days in jail.<br /><br />Time to move on I feel.Mikehttp://www.thailand-blogs.comnoreply@blogger.com