[kj] politics

[GregSlawson at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/5/2004 5:29:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
daxford at rogers.com writes:

> Yeah, he was a communist. 
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> Pol Pot became interested in communism when he was studying in Paris.
>  He joined the Indochinese communist party in 1946.
>  In 1960 he founded the 'Workers Party of Kampuchea'
>  In 1966, the very party he leads, changes it's name to the 'Kampuchean 
> Communist Party' also known as the  'Khmer Rouge'. 
>  
> How the hell can you say he wasn't a communist? Is it because it would shake 
> your faith that all things communist are inherently good?
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People can call themselves anything. Hitler called himself a National 
"Socialist" (that's what Nazi stands for). Think of all the people who call 
themselves Christians (or Muslims, or whatever) but who act and think in ways that go 
against most tenets of their religion. The US communist party supports Kerry in 
the election, and the Iraqi CP works in the US coalition government. Get the 
point? Again, Pol Pot doesn't stand for most of the things that most 
communists believe. But then again, the Cold War has brainwashed so many people that 
facts don't mean a thing to them.
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