tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post8246153133406756210..comments2024-03-23T18:50:06.402+11:00Comments on journey & destination: First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung (2000)Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-50953217972561411512018-04-20T00:12:43.599+10:002018-04-20T00:12:43.599+10:00You're welcome. And thank you for following me...You're welcome. And thank you for following me. I have done the same and look forward to some nice discussions.<br /><br />Have a good day,<br />Marianne from <br /><a href="http://momobookblog.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Let's Read</a>Marianne https://www.blogger.com/profile/11810275740213848634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-22076383633975732242018-04-19T19:24:34.738+10:002018-04-19T19:24:34.738+10:00Thanks for leaving the link to your review. Have s...Thanks for leaving the link to your review. Have started following your blog 🙂Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-2735343203053194342018-04-19T18:23:26.513+10:002018-04-19T18:23:26.513+10:00Thank you for including this in "Carole's...Thank you for including this in "Carole's Chatter" list. I read this years ago with my book club and think it deserves to be widely recognized. See my review <a href="http://momobookblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/ung-loung-first-they-killed-my-father.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />We have to carry on talking about this so history won't repeat itself over and over again.Marianne https://www.blogger.com/profile/11810275740213848634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-60787143348368013282018-04-09T10:47:44.758+10:002018-04-09T10:47:44.758+10:00Thanks Michele. Thanks Michele. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-41749377944323678512018-04-07T21:28:11.909+10:002018-04-07T21:28:11.909+10:00Great review! It's so important that these chi...Great review! It's so important that these chilling stories be told so we never forget the suffering that comes with totalitarian regimes.Michele Morinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814119096056835884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-38073873351811079392018-04-04T20:36:14.914+10:002018-04-04T20:36:14.914+10:00Thanks, Sharon & yes!🙂Thanks, Sharon & yes!🙂Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-21258422021013950822018-04-04T13:52:07.268+10:002018-04-04T13:52:07.268+10:00Fantastic review, Carol! I wish people today in m...Fantastic review, Carol! I wish people today in my country and the Western world in general would inform themselves of what a world would truly look like if their ideologies came to pass. But that is asking people with blind eyes and deaf ears to acquire a comprehension and discernment that their darkened understanding is incapable of. Jude 1:10Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-82689009965588058872018-04-04T09:24:11.823+10:002018-04-04T09:24:11.823+10:00Hi Ruthiella, thanks for your thoughts on this! I ...Hi Ruthiella, thanks for your thoughts on this! I wouldn't have linked the two but in every book I've read about tyranny/totalitarianism etc, changing & mandating language has been one of the main agendas. I find it quite fascinating to look at an idea and follow its line of reasoning to its logical end. I agree with your comments on the workplace. They can be pretty toxic places but on the other hand, I don't think attitudes are changed by legislation. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-38813852154226446382018-04-04T09:16:03.737+10:002018-04-04T09:16:03.737+10:00Anne, I know what you mean. There are certain subj...Anne, I know what you mean. There are certain subjects that at different times in my life that I've felt a certain fragility about so I've avoided them. I can barely imagine how Loung managed to write about such experiences.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-14706021833661165982018-04-03T07:42:43.647+10:002018-04-03T07:42:43.647+10:00I am glad that Loung Ung has been able to tell her...I am glad that Loung Ung has been able to tell her story. It is so easy to look away and think that things like this are in the past or only happen in places far away. <br /><br />I would not equate Political Correctness with Cultural Marxism, however. I my personal experience, I am glad to not have to work in an environment where I have to confront racism or sexism 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. When I was younger and first in the work force in the 1980s, this was not always the case.Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-16803208910404542172018-04-02T21:50:26.182+10:002018-04-02T21:50:26.182+10:00Oh! I'm shuddering. There are so many ways t...Oh! I'm shuddering. There are so many ways to express and force evil in this world. I simply cannot take it all in. I don't mean to hide my head in the sand--I do have 6 children right in my own home who are victims of the atrocities of men--but I think I am at my limit for pondering and coping with such horror.Aflyonmyhomeschoolwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746892667170459729noreply@blogger.com