Re: Khmer Rouge Trials

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I don't see a link.

Can we call Mossy Character Mocha from now on?


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 9:15 AM
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I don't either. Have we all gone blind???


Posted by: peep | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 9:18 AM
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Whoops.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 9:30 AM
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The link is unusually well-written. It's very clear and direct and provides enough context for a middling sap like myself.

I agree! Thanks, Mossy!

The author seems like an interesting person. Has anybody heard of the Fainting Robin Foundation?


Posted by: peep | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 9:55 AM
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No.


Posted by: Opinionated Dick Gregson | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 9:58 AM
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5: Robin? Is that you? Isn't your last name, Grayson? Have I been mishearing it all these years?


Posted by: Opinionated Bruce Wayne | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 10:02 AM
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Maybe.


Posted by: Opinionated Dick Gregson | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 10:06 AM
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1: No.
4.1: You're welcome!
4.2: I know nothing about the author or the trials or the Cambodians.


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 2:14 PM
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Except that they were required for many years to render unto Siam any white elephants they happened to capture.


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 2:20 PM
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9: That sounds racist.


Posted by: peep | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 2:24 PM
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Super racist. They didn't even have to work or trample peasants or anything, just sit around being auspicious.


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 2:27 PM
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Can we call Mossy Character Mocha from now on

Or as he could be known on Roc Island, ㄇㄛㄔㄚ.


Posted by: dalriata | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 2:32 PM
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I didn't write any commentary because ignorance. I was struck, by the author's hostility to "transitional justice"; condemnation of the UN bureaucrat/activist ecosystem; pointing to the historical value of the investigations.


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 2:47 PM
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I just finished the article. I had actually wondered, idly, during those trials why they took so long to happen and accomplished so little in terms of convicting anybody before they died of natural causes. Thanks.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 5:18 PM
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The guy's book looks interesting.
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/facing-death-in-cambodia/9780231120524


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 5:46 PM
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The guy's book looks interesting.
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/facing-death-in-cambodia/9780231120524


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 5:46 PM
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It's $45, but it's available at the library near my office.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 5:52 PM
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Write a summary for us? Sunday would be good.


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 5:56 PM
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Maybe later. I'm still finishing Infinite Jest.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 6:10 PM
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I wish there was some nice way that all my SE Asian-American friends and neighbors could have wound up here. But that's not how the world works, unfortunately. Stupid fucking borders. Cobwebs for the rich and chains of steel for the poor.


Posted by: Natilo Paennim | Link to this comment | 11-28-18 8:20 PM
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Talk on the book. Interesting.


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 11-29-18 4:52 AM
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12: That's a mighty good road, it's the road to ride.


Posted by: Doug | Link to this comment | 11-29-18 6:03 AM
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I didn't write any commentary because ignorance.

I faced no such compunctions.


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 11-29-18 8:21 AM
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12: My wallet's the one that says "bopomofo" on it.


Posted by: lourdes kayak | Link to this comment | 11-29-18 9:38 AM
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