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   From: fred@frewilliams.FFFfca   
      
   Dänk 1010011010 wrote:   
      
   > "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four.  If that   
   > is granted, all else follows."   
   > -- 1984   
   >   
   > I was in Cambodia a few weeks ago and the tour guide told us the story   
   > of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge and how they killed everybody with an   
   > education.  They went into schools and asked the children what two   
   > plus two was, and anyone who answered 'four' was taken out and shot.   
   > The remaining children caught on quickly and began answering 'five'   
   > instead to save themselves.   
      
   	And what reliable source do we have for this story?  I expect that there is   
   a lot about South-east Asia from that era that is lies.  We know the U.S.   
   lies about the event that started the war.  We know they were lying about   
   the Viet Cong, but there was a war and we expect those lies.  Why should we   
   believe them when they talk about school children being shot for saying that   
   2 + 2 = 4.  Why should we believe that when in all the time after that war,   
   the story has never surfaced before, and we've never heard it.   
      
   --   
   Regards,   
   Fred   
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