That Bowl of Deluted Rice: A Killing Fields Book Review.

I have not read too much of this yet, however I can say that what I've read so far has been mind blowing. I know this book will be tear jerking. It's so pathetic how civilians of Cambodia were treated.

In 1975-1979, Cambodia was becoming over ruled by Khmer Rouge. They had executed over 200,000 people. That's a small number compared to the amount deaths caused by disease and starvation which is over 1.5 million out of the entire population of approximately 7 million people.

The Khmer Rouge regime would abduct children and transport them to orphanages and kill their parents/guardians. Once the children were adopted by their new families, they were forced to believe that their adopted families were their biological, and it was against the law to miss their old families. If any of the children gave any signs of that feeling, he/she would be executed.

The ones who weren't adopted were sent to these working grounds where they were forced to work 14+ hour days, and all they had to eat was a bowl of watered down rice after their hard work.

As for now, that's about the only description I can give until I read more. I will be posting much more about this. After reading that little bit of this book, I can honestly say that I just can't believe the amount of ignorance and greed I've witnessed in people. It truly sickens me. It makes me want to eat nothing but a bowl of deluted rice everyday for a couple weeks to see how it feels. Honestly, I know I can do that, because I appreciate having something to consume to keep me alive, no matter what it is. As long as I can survive.

I would love to take every fat pig I see stuffing their faces in buffets and put them through the anguish that the unadopted went through. Would they take a second look? Perhaps they would stop and think before sitting on their lazy asses devouring that unneeded "all you can eat pancake special" at IHOP or half pounder at Ruby Tuesday's? Disgusting, selfish bastards.

Well, I don't want to end up turning this book review into a giant fatty rant. So I'll stop here. Stay tuned for more about this...

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