Comments on: On the Monatio

By: Pineapple

Pineapple — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:13:00 +0000

Thanks for visiting here. I won’t amend the blog post, as the comments can tell the story. Do you have any information to share on the Monatio group? Who founded it? Do you know why your brother decided to lead the group on the streets of Phnom Penh on that fateful morning?

By: Hem Keth Sunda

Hem Keth Sunda — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:15:45 +0000

To whom it may concern;

The picture of an angry-looking young man, brandishing the pistol was absolutely not Hem Keth Dara.

Nevertheless, in the 38 Pineapple, the picture of a man meeting Sydney Schanberg in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 17th, 1975 that man was positively Hem Keth Dara.

I am Hem Keth Sunda, the son of the late Hem Keth Sana and the younger brother of the late Hem Keth Dara. I have been living in New York City since before April 1975.

Thank you very much

By: Pineapple

Pineapple — Thu, 06 May 2010 02:14:06 +0000

Snigger.

By: Thom Poole

Thom Poole — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:25:19 +0000

Read Orwell.

By: Pineapple

Pineapple — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:32:03 +0000

Indeed. It was funny how he thought he could somehow transform his ignorance into erudition by asking the question “Have you been to Cambodia? ” Ooh, so he visited a Japanese-owned tourist concern, like the thousands before him, perhaps even fired an old AK-47. That’s some deep shit. There was definitely an ulterior motive (to simply make trouble) behind it though. Thought he could have a pop based on some connection to an Orwell-reading sixth former who ended up being rejected by Cambridge University.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:24:21 +0000

I like the way this pathetic uninformed trolling became an issue of social class. Must piss middle class student wankers right off, when they can’t beat their social inferiors in an argument. Especially unskilled manual workers. What the fuck has that got to do with anything? It was almost as if Mark thought he was clever by default. Vacuous Gap Year prannet.

By: Pineapple

Pineapple — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:57:54 +0000

But you haven’t been reading this blog have you. You’ve been clocked spending up to four hours on this site, at this post only, sitting here waiting for responses to your childish flailing. Yes, you’ll find posts on the roots and practice of Khmer Communist agricultural reform, rather than the wrongly-applied and utopian agrarian primitivism rubbish that’s been written about them. There are also posts relating to the civil war, relations with Vietnam, Son Ngoc Thanh in the 1940s and also his general influence on Cambodian nationalism, a colourful personality of the Khmer Republic, Sihanouk and the KR, even the early Chinese soviet movement. And please, show me on this site where there is a defence or support of the KR. This site was only set up as an amateur interest, and contributors have merely been bringing to general readers writing which we hope is informative but not dry, and can give the people who have no narrow academic interest in this stuff some bits and pieces which will help their understanding of the murderous Khmer Rouge phenomenon – to fit arguably the most radical movement of modern times into several historical, political and ideological contexts. As well as writing there are videos (which seem to be popular) and other media too, including articles and whole books, which are downloadable and all for free. Get a grip, the last few days have been embarrassing.

By: mau

mau — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:18:40 +0000

I can’t speak for everyone who contributes to this blog, but myself and Tong are married, and Pineapple has a young family. And as far as I’m aware, none have done any dark tourism. That’s for ghouls.

Shot of a pile of sun-bleached skulls and fade out.

By: Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:30:25 +0000

What’s the point of this website? Is it just a forum for a few nerds who can’t get laid to discuss Democratic Kampuchean agrarian reform? Tell me that’s not how you get your kicks. Cambodia has a tragic history, for you to debate the small print like this is pretty vulgar. Like sanitising Hitler because he built the autobahn. You’re obviously like those silly women who write love letters to incarcerated serial killers. Enjoy your intellectual maturbation comrades.

By: Pineapple

Pineapple — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:59:53 +0000

I recently bought a pair of Rhoda Buchanan glasses, and when I put them on and looked through them into a mirror this is what I saw: