Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Some visit Pol Pot's grave looking for luck
Yahoo-AP ^

Posted on 03/28/2009 6:56:58 PM PDT by greatdefender

NLONG VENG, Cambodia – He was one of the greatest mass killers of the 20th century, but that doesn't stop the hopeful from praying at Pol Pot's hillside grave for lucky lottery numbers, job promotions and beautiful brides.

Nor does it stop tourists from picking clean the bones and ashes from the Khmer Rouge leader's burial ground in this remote town in northwestern Cambodia.

The grave is among a slew of Khmer Rouge landmarks in Anlong Veng, where the movement's guerrillas made their last stand in 1998 just as Pol Pot lay dying. A $1 million tourism master plan is being finalized to preserve and protect 15 of the sites, and charge admission.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cambodia; luck; pol; pot

1 posted on 03/28/2009 6:56:58 PM PDT by greatdefender
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: greatdefender

Well, I suppose being Cambodian and facing Pol Pot from the good side of a grave has to be good luck.


2 posted on 03/28/2009 7:05:09 PM PDT by kenth (Obama - One Big Ass Mistake, America)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: greatdefender

Well, the fact he is dead is lucky I guess!


3 posted on 03/28/2009 7:05:54 PM PDT by JimSEA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: greatdefender

They could turn it into a memorial, the Pol Pot Urinal Trough.


4 posted on 03/28/2009 7:09:06 PM PDT by kenth (Obama - One Big Ass Mistake, America)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kenth

The motto: relief yourself

(could have been believe yourself but I figured this one is better)


5 posted on 03/28/2009 7:13:41 PM PDT by greatdefender (If You Want Peace.....Prepare For War)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: kenth

i do have half a mind to go up there and piss on it, actually


6 posted on 03/28/2009 7:52:53 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (2010 Conservative GOP sweep of primaries (knocking off RINO after RINO) and then winning in Nov)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: greatdefender

They will only find death.


7 posted on 03/28/2009 7:53:24 PM PDT by Danae (Amerikan Unity My Ass)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: greatdefender

many Khmer are highly attracted to and motivated by superstition and witchcraft . Citizens of nearby countries fear Khmer hex’s . This might be part of the visiting of the great evil ones death spot. I’d like to visit it too , to take a nice long urination upon it , followed by a healthy spit .


8 posted on 03/28/2009 8:01:38 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: greatdefender

Cremated on a pile of used rubber tires, Pol Pot's grave. Just out of shot is a small spirit house built in thanks to Pol Pot by a Thai businessman!

9 posted on 03/28/2009 9:01:11 PM PDT by Daaave ("Where it all ends I can't fathom my friends")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson