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On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Chris Parkhurst <> wrote:
> Dear Kim,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I really do appreciate that.
>
> However, I'm not sure you guys are doing your due diligence here. The
> revision that you allude to is simply not factual.
>
> Using Noam Chomsky's report is not only archaic in 2012, but it's no
> longer (and never was) a factual account. You do know that Chomsky
> withdrew his comments a mere two years after presenting them, no? That
> should have been your first red flag. I love Chomsky as much as the next
> guy, but the mere fact that you're using him for your argument is not only
> inaccurate but it speaks to the young naivete of your independent
> journalism. (I mean, don't get me wrong here, I swore by Chomsky when I
> was 19 and learning about independent journalism too...)
>
> Bombs by the U.S. in their undeclared war on Cambodia? Trust me, you will
> find few people here in the U.S. who understands more the effects that the
> American bombing had on the Cambodia culture (and continues today) . I
> spent six months in Cambodia doing a documentary with fellow filmmaker Skye
> Fitzgerald, called 'Bombhunters' (www.Bombhunters.) on this very subject.
> Our findings turned my stomach and ashamed of my country. I encourage you
> to watch this film.
>
> Landmines in Cambodia? Nearly 90% of those were laid by the Khmer Rouge,
> Cambodian nationals, and the Thais. This is known as the K-5 landmine
> belt. As of 2006, this was still the largest landmine belt in the world.
> The Americans actually had nothing to do with this area.
>
> Look, I understand that you may have read a couple of books on Cambodia
> and visited Tuol Sleng. But honestly, I can't encourage you enough to be a
> bit more responsible in your journalism.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:51 PM, DV co-editor kim <<[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
>> Dear Chris,
>>
>> Thanks for your comments. I was in Cambodia. I visited the s21
>> prison/museum. I read François Ponchaud's Cambodia: Year Zero and Henry
>> Kamm's Cambodia: Report from a Stricken Land along with many other articles
>> and accounts by Noam Chomsky. I will not deny that Pol Pot and his fighters
>> killed. However, I do not read Mr Shamir's account as a denial of genocide.
>> I find that any narrative that elides the clandestine bombing and
>> mine-laying by US forces in Cambodia demands revisionism. The use of
>> revisionism as a pejorative likely indicates support for US disinformation
>> and imperialism. That the Cambodian people still suffer form mines left
>> behind by the US in their undeclared war still speaks loudly to who has
>> much blame.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> kim
>> coeditor, DV
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:21 AM, Chris Parkhurst <> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Israel Shamir,
>>>
>>> This is in reference to your article 'Pol Pot Revisited' (
>>> http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/09/pol-pot-revisited/), published on
>>> September 18th, 2012.
>>>
>>> So the Cambodian genocide didn't happen? The numbers were completely
>>> over-inflated? Instead, what really happened was that the Vietnamese
>>> perpetrated this myth to create support for their "liberation" of
>>> Kampuchea? Sure, the Viets were no innocents here and absolutely had their
>>> own agenda, but come on. Do your research, brother. Don't simply
>>> construct an opposing-view article to create some sensationalism around
>>> your name or to get people to click on your link. (There were no photos to
>>> prove that wholesale slaughter was committed by the Khmer Rouge? Are you
>>> for real? Did you even do a cursory search? As a documentary filmmaker
>>> who has worked on three Cambodian docs, I can assure there is plenty of
>>> archival footage and photos out there that were taken long before the Viets
>>> came storming in to conquer your beloved Khmer Rouge.)
>>>
>>> Wow, Mr. Shamir, you should be ashamed. And given your background, you
>>> should know better. It's this kind of revisionist history that asks people
>>> to believe that what the Nazis did to the Jews was a total fallacy brought
>>> about to garner support for the Allies. Gross misconduct, brother.
>>>
>>> You call yourself an independent journalist? Yeah, you're independent
>>> alright. Like, alone. On an island of your own misled construction.
>>>
>>> And to the good people of 'Dissident Voice', a little fact-checking
>>> might be in order. Like, really, really simple fact-checking, in this
>>> case. (But hey, you probably got a lot of angry Khmers to click on your
>>> website!)
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Chris G. Parkhurst
>>> Director, Barang Films
>>> www.BarangFilms.com
>>> JourneyToKathmandu.wordpress.com<http://journeytokathmandu.wordpress.com/>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
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