Let me decide what I should or shouldn’t read!

Dear KI-Media Team,


I would appreciate it if you could post my short opinion below.


Thank you,


Minea T.
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Let me decide what I should or shouldn’t read!

While my general rule is to remain invisible in the silent majority, I find it very offending to read the incessant attacks on the many postings authored by Ms. Theary Seng. I noted with great sadness that those who attack her appear to be the same small group of persons whose sole intent is to silence her. What offend me most is that this small group of people is trying very hard to dictate what one can read or write.

Following the slogan advertised by Fox News: “We report, you decide”, I would like to commend KI-Media for doing a good job at posting news and information from all sources and not be influenced by a small group of grouchy men who try to impose their will on others.

Indeed, it is up to all of us, readers of KI-Media, and me, in particular, to decide what we want to read or not to read. When a group of persons come out with a pack mentality to make a decision for us, I personally find this action very offending and insulting.

Let me decide what I should read or should not read! You have no business telling me what to do here! Today, you tell us that Ms. Theary Seng’s writing is shameful and self-promoting, and your implication is that she should no longer write what she used to, and on the same token, you are also implying that we should not read her writing as well. Now, who’s to say what you will tell us to read or not read, write or not write tomorrow?

Some will express their opinion in writing, others will say it with a cartoon, and yet others have to express their ideas in a poem. Why shouldn’t a person be able to express one’s opinion with photos etc…? Is that a crime? If the content offends you, you are not forced to read it and you can easily skip it, but, no, you choose to read it on your own accord, therefore you are the one who should be blamed, not the person who provided the opinion, as in the case of Ms. Seng. Furthermore, your attacks on a person’s opinion only produce the reverse effect on me: it makes me want to find out further why you are so virulent against that person’s writing?

With the International Women’s Day coming up in a few days, I find it very shameful that this small group of people choose only to attack women.

To Ms. Seng, please keep up the good work and thank you for organizing these rare gem events for they allow us to meet and listen to distinguished speakers such as Kerry Kennedy, Surya Subedi, etc… I am also looking forward to learn more about genocide from Prof. Ervin Staub as well. I know I should not say this, but, should you find the heart to do so, I would recommend that you send a picture to KI-Media Team to post each day just to irritate further this group of “girlie-men”, to borrow Arnold Shwarzenegger’s term.

To the "girlie men", GO EAT A COW!

Thank you,

Minea T.
Phnom Penh