Monday, June 25, 2012
Pissed off with Mr. "Pissed Off"
Re: Peace, stability and education are what Cambodia needs right now if she is to remain on the map of the world; smaller, it looks certainly so, but Cambodians only have themselves to blame and we can see how Cambodia has steadfastly lost her land to her cunning and obviously more practical neighbours.
Pissed off
Mr. Pissed Off,
Please elaborate your comment in bold in the above reference.
Thank you.
Pissed Off's response:
Division among Cambodians has been a known fact for many centuries and it has allowed Cambodia's 2 cunning and ambitious neighbours to exploit this weakness to the fullest extent posssible.
Cambodian so-called leaders do not usually put the country's interest first; rather they put their clan's interest in the name of the nation.
Amid all the threats and dangers from our eastern neighbour, the Khmers still cannot find unity as unity has always been a rare commodity in Cambodia; it is too easy to understand, but too difficult to put in place. Just look at those who want to fight and remove Hun Sen and you can see that there are several groups which, up to now, still cannot find a common ground to work together and each aims to weaken the other to collect the non-CPP votes instead.
The royalists have 2 camps. The democrats have also 2 camps or even 3 if we also count those who are pro-Khmer Republic.
You can blame the Vietnamese and the Thais, but that won't change the situation on the ground and the fact that if you are weak, you will be trampled upon.
Remember that, though claiming to be Buddhists, Cambodians would do the same as the Thais or Viets, if given a chance, as far as expanding territory is concerned.
The only way to stop your neighbours from desiring your land is to work hard in harmony and unity to show that they can't steal from you without incurring great damage and loss unto themselves. Until then the big fish eats the medium fish, the medium fish eats the small fish and the small fish eats the worm.
Pissed off
Just a couple of questions remain - Do we not know that Khmer has been influenced/infiltrated by the Chinese and the Vietnamese after all these times, intelligently and honestly? Do you we all honestly think that the Killing Fields is the product of Khmer and Khmer alone?
Finally, do we really think that Cambodians only have themselves to blame as "Pissed Off" has asserted?
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Education is key. But how do you bring education to those who cannot afford to go? Who will educate them without interference? Who can lead them? In America you have homeless people willing to fight each other for a cheeseburger. What do you think of the poor people in Cambodia? What about the rich? Do they care for their country or its people? So therefore, in Cambodia we cannot rely on education alone. Something bold needs to happen.
it helps too, when cambodia start translating every important books, documentary, studies, textbooks, etc into khmer language, this way khmer people can read in our own language as well as some important second language like english.
of course, there's no such thing as absolute anything anymore. again, diversify and reforms are keys as well. also, every professions in cambodia should require studying ethical code of conduct or ethics in every fields of public services and providers, etc, etc. and learn from the world over. there are more to the world out there, really. also at your own time, do self study or learning as well and stop depending totally on others for your education, etc, start learning on your own by reading anything and everything for the purpose of enhancing and enriching our intellectual, gaining knowledge, worldly philosophies, etc, etc; the list is unlimited, really. just do it and never give it on something you are interested in, whatever that may be, ok! be smart and wise and enlightened. set yourself to go that extra mile in life and learn to think for yourself and teach and share what you learn with cambodia and khmer people for the future lies in the younger generation of educated people and citizens of cambodia. don't be selfish, share and help others who needs help and teach them to do the right thing. two wrongs don't make it right, really. it's also ok to think outside of the box when something is necessary to do so. education should help cambodia rid of ignorance, you know. the world has lots of education and knowledge, learn from the world as well as cambodia itself.
Division among Cambodians has been a known fact for many centuries and it has allowed Cambodia's 2 cunning and ambitious neighbours to exploit this weakness to the fullest extent posssible.
Cambodian so-called leaders do not usually put the country's interest first; rather they put their clan's interest in the name of the nation.
Amid all the threats and dangers from our eastern neighbour, the Khmers still cannot find unity as unity has always been a rare commodity in Cambodia; it is too easy to understand, but too difficult to put in place. Just look at those who want to fight and remove Hun Sen and you can see that there are several groups which, up to now, still cannot find a common ground to work together and each aims to weaken the other to collect the non-CPP votes instead.
The royalists have 2 camps. The democrats have also 2 camps or even 3 if we also count those who are pro-Khmer Republic.
You can blame the Vietnamese and the Thais, but that won't change the situation on the ground and the fact that if you are weak, you will be trampled upon.
Remember that, though claiming to be Buddhists, Cambodians would do the same as the Thais or Viets, if given a chance, as far as expanding territory is concerned.
The only way to stop your neighbours from desiring your land is to work hard in harmony and unity to show that they can't steal from you without incurring great damage and loss unto themselves. Until then the big fish eats the medium fish, the medium fish eats the small fish and the small fish eats the worm.
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