Comments on: Dith Pran (1942-2008) http://themoderatevoice.com/18675/dith-pran-1942-2008/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 17:35:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: kritt11 http://themoderatevoice.com/18675/dith-pran-1942-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-133354 kritt11 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:44:41 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/cambodia/18675/dith-pran-1942-2008/#comment-133354 After watching "The Killing Fields", Dith Pranh was one of my heroes. A person who survives the unspeakable with dignity and courage gets me every time. After watching “The Killing Fields”, Dith Pranh was one of my heroes. A person who survives the unspeakable with dignity and courage gets me every time.

]]> By: Idiosyncrat http://themoderatevoice.com/18675/dith-pran-1942-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-133353 Idiosyncrat Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:50:56 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/cambodia/18675/dith-pran-1942-2008/#comment-133353 RIP.<br><br>Spent some time in Cambodia a few years ago... Incredible people trying to piece back together their lives after truly extraordinary circumstances. Visiting Tuol Sleng S-21 is truly shocking. Seeing the crushed skulls of infants who were murdered by being swung into tree trunks was for me one of the most visceral realizations of the absolute evil that we humans are capable of... Even on the ground traveling around and meeting people old and young, the actual horrible events -- by all accounts, recent history, mind you -- were hard to fathom. Hunkering down in the hostel the to escape the searing Phnom Penh afternoon sun, a bunch of us watched a VCD of The Killing Fields... Not a dry eye in that room. Really put it all in context. RIP.

Spent some time in Cambodia a few years ago… Incredible people trying to piece back together their lives after truly extraordinary circumstances. Visiting Tuol Sleng S-21 is truly shocking. Seeing the crushed skulls of infants who were murdered by being swung into tree trunks was for me one of the most visceral realizations of the absolute evil that we humans are capable of… Even on the ground traveling around and meeting people old and young, the actual horrible events — by all accounts, recent history, mind you — were hard to fathom. Hunkering down in the hostel the to escape the searing Phnom Penh afternoon sun, a bunch of us watched a VCD of The Killing Fields… Not a dry eye in that room. Really put it all in context.

]]> By: Jillmz http://themoderatevoice.com/18675/dith-pran-1942-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-133350 Jillmz Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:54:02 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/cambodia/18675/dith-pran-1942-2008/#comment-133350 Shaun - thanks for posting this - i've been on the road covering a conference but I remember learning about Pran's story through the movie The Killing Fields and then reading the book. Those are the kinds of stories some people have to force themselves to watch, but nowadays, ask people who was Pol Pot or the Khmer Rouge - it's embarrassing I think how few people remember the crimes of that era. <br><br>Anyway - thank you. Shaun – thanks for posting this – i've been on the road covering a conference but I remember learning about Pran's story through the movie The Killing Fields and then reading the book. Those are the kinds of stories some people have to force themselves to watch, but nowadays, ask people who was Pol Pot or the Khmer Rouge – it's embarrassing I think how few people remember the crimes of that era.

Anyway – thank you.

]]> By: PaulSilver http://themoderatevoice.com/18675/dith-pran-1942-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-133345 PaulSilver Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:53:12 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/cambodia/18675/dith-pran-1942-2008/#comment-133345 Awesome courage and ingenuity. Awesome courage and ingenuity.

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