On 1/5/2018 6:21 AM, jim bell wrote:
As for the "completely made up numbers", which numbers do you believe to
be valid? I frequently say that in the 20th Century, about 250 million
people were killed by government, including in wars. Far more of those
deaths seem to be caused by Communist/Socialist governments than by
Fascist governments.
In context, Juan is probably referring to the claim that the Khmer Rouge
murdered one hell of a lot Cambodians, and especially murdered the Khmer
Rouge themselves.
The new government (nominally communist) did a house to house survey,
asking people about disappearances. Found about three million missing.
Which is consistent with what individual Cambodians I have met tell me,
were telling people well before 1978 December.
Defenders of the Khmer Rouge regime claimed that was just commies
defaming other commies.
The new government proceeded to dig up the killing fields. Found a bit
over two million people dumped in mass graves.
So, not entirely made up.
Supporters of terror, torture, and mass murder, will condemn such
numbers, but will never propose any substantially lower alternate numbers.
