bozo kangaroo. u r a refugee ur citizenship doesn't make you a yanki when the white supremacy look at you, u r always a homeless to them. i have breakfast in pp, drink beer in sv, dinner in bangkok, and see movie in singapore every day, i knew what it likes. your record is not matched what has been happening in the region. don't spend time to preach me, bozo. to me and to the supremacy, u r a homeless.
On Aug 25, 10:35 pm, kangaroo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What does Cambodians from the outside have anything to do with > Cambodia. > Your comment is an insult to the Cambodian intelligence. They are not > as stupid as you think. > The Cambodian people have the knowledge and power to do it. The only > thing that they lack is an honest leader who can put it together so > they can participate. Today, CPP has been doing it. That's why no > other parties have earned the real trust from the Cambodian people > yet. > Cambodia today is not like Cambodia thirty years ago. > Cambodian youth today is far more educated and live far modern as many > people from the outside think. > The notion of Cambodians from the outside to teach them is another > insult to their intelligence. > Remember! This kind of rhetorics fuel the division notion to destroy > Cambodia. Cambodian peasants felt this way for a very long time. Upper > class Cambodians always looked down to those poor people.That was why > they revenged when they were elevated to the upper class by the > KhmerRouge. > Here it is again. "Vietnamese is running Cambodia." is just another > insult to the Cambodian intelligence. > Can Cambodians not able to run their own country except those from the > outside? > Cambodian people would never allowed that kind of notion to run their > lives. > My friend, > Don't think that you know alot because you live outside of Cambodia. > > Now you don't believe that it is a culture of the Cambodian culture. > Sihanouk lead the country for a very long time in the 60s. Were > Vietnamese there too. > Lon Nol ran the country in the first half of the 70s. Were Vietnamese > there too? > Khmer Rouge destroyed the country in the second half of the 70s. Were > Vietnamese there too? > Now, Hun Sen lead the country for a while. Have Vitnamese been there > too? > The bad part of Cambodia is the fault of Vietnamese. > Are only good parts belonged to Cambodia? > > On Aug 25, 9:08 am, เดช <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > the change cannot be within, it has to be from cambodian outside. they > > shoud help the new ones to get a head in education. > > the new ones can be changed but no the ones are inside. the generals > > never been in school with stars report to the vietnamese, and they are > > the eyes and ears of the vietnamese, they are corrupted and their > > children are the same. the vietnamese promoted them to top and they > > report to the vietnamese that's how it is. it is not cambodian > > culture, it is a cold war of the vietnamese to keep cambodia under > > develppment. get rid of the under develpped mind like chau bury who > > speaks only fools to destroy the image of cambodia, cambodia can get > > better. > > > On Aug 25, 10:17 am, kangaroo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My friend, > > > Corruption and impunity in Cambodia are not just being practiced by > > > these few people. > > > These things have been a part of the Cambodian culture. They practice > > > it religiously from the bottom to the top of the society. There are > > > classes. There are power. There are richness and poor. > > > These are elements of the Cambodian corruption and impunity. > > > The Cambodian society as the whole must change their culture if they > > > want to minimize corruption and eliminate impunity. > > > When are they going to do? > > > Probably never. > > > > On Aug 25, 4:16 am, Ông-thu N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hun Chea, a nephew of Cambodia's prime minster, was speeding along a > > > > busy downtown street a few days ago when he ran down a man on a > > > > motorbike. > > > > Phnom Penh's streets are teeming with motorbikes, hundreds of them, > > > > criss-crossing busy traffic without seeming to look or care where they > > > > are going. Collisions are inevitable. But that's not the point of this > > > > story. > > > > Hun was tearing down the street at high speed when he hit the biker, > > > > witnesses reported, and his car ripped off an arm and a leg. The biker, > > > > Sam Sabo, was killed. Hun began to drive off, but running over the > > > > motorbike had shredded a tire. He had to pull over, so there he sat in > > > > his big black Cadillac Escalade SUV. > > > > Now, listen to how the Phnom Penh Post newspaper described the events > > > > that followed. > > > > "Numerous traffic police were seen avoiding the accident scene, but > > > > armed military police arrived. They removed the SUV's license plates > > > > and comforted Hun Chea" while Sam Sabo lay bleeding to death in the > > > > street. A military policeman was overheard telling Hun: "'Don't worry. > > > > It wasn't your mistake. It was the motorbike driver's mistake.'" A few > > > > days later, Hun gave the dead man's family $4,000 in hush money, the > > > > paper reported.. Case closed. > > > > It's no secret that Cambodia is thoroughly corrupt. As an indirect > > > > result, the rich and the powerful can commit, well, murder and face few > > > > if any repercussions. > > > > A primary rule of foreign correspondence is to avoid applying the > > > > values of your own country on the nation you are covering. But then, > > > > some events appear so outrageous that the rule does not apply. > > > > Police actually removed the car's license plates, to conceal the > > > > driver's identity? So I asked Khieu Kanarith, Cambodia's information > > > > minister, about the case. He fumbled about for a moment and then > > > > explained, "I understand he had his wife in the car, and I don't think > > > > he was paying attention to what he was doing." OK, but the police > > > > removed the license plates? Khieu had to think about that for a moment > > > > but finally managed to say, "You try to cover the plates because it's > > > > harder to sell a car if it's been in an accident." As a reporter, > > > > sometimes it's hard to keep a straight face. But then, being Cambodia's > > > > information minister is a tough job. > > > > Later I asked Joseph Mussomeli, the U.S. ambassador, about this, and he > > > > shook his head. > > > > "This goes to the whole culture of impunity here. Who you are, who you > > > > know, is more important than following the law. And the police are too > > > > intimidated, too deferential, to the wealthy and powerful." Why else > > > > would the traffic police assertively avoid the scene of the accident, > > > > even with a dying man lying in the street? They knew full well that the > > > > owner of a Cadillac Escalade SUV in this exceedingly poor country is > > > > quite likely to be well connected. > > > > Impunity is a word that comes up over and over in Cambodia. > > > > Last month, two men speeding by on a motorbike shot and killed Khim > > > > Sambor and his 21-year-old son as they walked down the street. Khim was > > > > a reporter for Khmer Conscience, an opposition newspaper, and not > > > > surprisingly the paper had been writing critically about the government. > > > > No one has been arrested.. That is true for dozens of apparent contract > > > > killings in recent years just like that one. No one has proved that > > > > government officials are behind them. But then, why else would the > > > > police make no effort to solve any of these crimes? Cambodia has come a > > > > long way in the last several years. Phnom Penh is teeming with > > > > tourists. The economy is growing. The nation has been stable for more > > > > than a decade now, which is no small accomplishment. > > > > Over the years, I have worked in many corrupt states — Iraq, Sudan, > > > > Afghanistan, among others. But in none of them is the corruption so > > > > pervasive, even pandemic. Prime Minister Hun Sen just won re-election > > > > to a new five-year term. For a decade, the United States and many other > > > > countries have been pressing him to pass a comprehensive > > > > anti-corruption law. Hun continually promises but never delivers. > > > > Cambodians deserve better. If Cambodia hopes to join the ranks of the > > > > world's prosperous and respected nations, it must enact — and enforce — > > > > an anti-corruption law. 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