NOT ALL VIOLENCE OR HORRIFIC FOOTAGE IS BAD

Vietnam and Cambodia have seen some of the worst atrocities that have ever happened. Millions of people in these countries were brutally killed and murdered in the Vietnam War and also in the Khmer Rouge’s dictatorship regime. The museums that are dedicated to the country’s violent history are completely uncensored and the images that they have on display are as graphic as anything you would find on the internet. I saw these images by choice, and so did many other people. But we did not view them from morbid fascination; we wanted to see them to form some idea of what the people of these country’s had been through, to form a better idea of what happened to the people, and to ensure that the victims of these awful crimes were remembered. Although I found the images upsetting and sickening, I wanted to know. I didn’t want to be ignorant. Viewing violent images does not necessarily have to be something to be condemned.