Please tell us how many peasant families are there in Cambodia. Then please tell us how many of those families have sold their children to sex industries. Is it feasible to label generally that peasants sold their children because they are poor?
On Mar 9, 5:32 am, leang grel <[email protected]> wrote: > I read it. The byline says Phillip Duck. Please tell me which part(s) > is/are not true. > > --- On Mon, 3/9/09, kangaroo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: kangaroo <[email protected]> > > Subject: Read it for yourself > > To: "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) -www.cambodia.org" > > <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 12:08 AM > > MY FRIEND, > > READ BELOW MESSAGE AND MAKE IT OUT FOR YOURSELF. > > SAM RAINSY AND HIS PARTY WANT PEOPLE TO BELIEVE HOW MUCH > > THEY LOVE > > THEIR OWN COUNTRY. READ THE MESSAGE AND TELL US WHETHER SAM > > RAINSY AND > > HIS PARTY LOVE HIS COUNTRY. > > > EVERY SINGLE WORDS COMING OUT OF SAM RAINSY AND HIS PARTY > > IS NOTHING > > MORE THAN CRITICISM. THERE ARE MORE WRONGS THAN NOTHING. WE > > HAVE NEVER > > HEARD ANY GOOD THINGS AT ALL. INSTEAD THEY PUT THEIR PEOPLE > > DOWN. THE > > SOCIETY IS ROTTEN. POOR PEOPLE ARE SELLING THEIR CHILDREN > > FOR MONEY TO > > SEX INDUSTRIES. HOW MANY PEOLE ARE DOING THAT? WHY ARE THEY > > SAYING IT? > > OFCOURSE, THEY WANT TO MAKE THE SOCIETY ROTTEN IN THE EYES > > OF > > OUTSIDERS. THE PEOPLE OF CAMBODIA KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. > > THAT WAS WHY > > THEY STOP VOTING FOR SAM RAINSY PARTY. > > > A One-eyed Bastard Thanks You for Your Donation > > > Hun Sen, described by Singaporean strongman Lee Kwan Yew as > > "utterly > > merciless and ruthless, without humane feelings" > > > Thursday, 5 March 2009 > > Philip Duck > > Opinion: SOLO - Sense of Life Objectivists > > SOLO-NZ Op-Ed: A One-eyed Demonic Bastard Thanks You for > > Your > > Donation > > > Between one-third and one-half of Cambodians live in > > crushing poverty > > as they try to survive on a dollar or less a day. That > > poverty > > motivates many poor peasant families to sell their young > > daughters > > into brothels; one-third of Cambodia's prostitutes are > > under the age > > of seventeen and sentenced to a life of being caged in a > > grubby shack > > to service grubby men, for nothing more than a bowl of rice > > each day. > > > Poverty results in one half of Cambodian children under the > > age of > > five being underweight, and infant mortality stands at 95 > > deaths per > > 1000. More than half of those deaths are due to diseases > > and > > infections that can easily be prevented by vaccines. The > > percentage of > > its population living with HIV/Aids is the highest in Asia > > and it has > > been estimated that more that 7 million Cambodians- > > that's 64% of the > > population- carry tuberculosis. Poverty means an average > > life > > expectancy for a Cambodian is just 56 years. > > > NZAID, the New Zealand Government's international aid > > and development > > agency, has allocated 4.4 million dollars to Cambodia as it > > attempts > > to address this suffocating poverty. And who could argue > > against that- > > a dollar each from comparatively wealthy New Zealanders to > > assist the > > desperately poor. But of course this is not the > > government's money to > > give away; in true Robin Hood style the government steals > > from the > > taxpayer to give, without consent, to deprived Cambodians. > > The > > government with supreme arrogance gets to declare those who > > most > > deserve your money. > > > That's despicable, but what if those tax dollars > > don't actually help > > the poor but rather they prop up both an untouchable > > Cambodian elite > > and an evil government led by a ruthless killer? What if > > your money > > doesn't provide vaccinations for young Cambodians but > > instead is used > > to bribe policeman to turn a blind-eye to men having sex > > with > > children? How would you feel about your money contributing > > to that? > > > Bauk, or gang rape, is almost a sport to wealthy young > > Cambodian men. > > These spoilt cowards carry out their deeds with impunity; > > money, > > influence and corruption ensure that they will not come to > > trial.The > > favourite method for rich wives to take revenge on their > > husband's > > mistresses is to throw a bucket of acid in their rivals > > face; however > > political and business power ensure that justice will never > > be served. > > And should you have a disagreement in a nightclub with one > > of > > Cambodia's moneyed he might just shoot you. Or more > > likely he will get > > one of his bodyguards to do it. Either way for them > > it's all risk > > free. Meanwhile corrupt government officials and developers > > regularly > > throw the poor and powerless off their land whilst the > > police beat > > them should they resist. And it's your money that pays > > for some of > > that unearned power and the bribes and intimidation, it > > really is. > > > Corruption and intimidation have long been a problem in > > Cambodia and > > while there have been campaigns by the UN and nations such > > as New > > Zealand to make any supply of aid dollars contingent on > > improvements > > in basic human rights and the rule-of-law, these have > > largely failed; > > the Cambodian government whilst making the right noises, > > politely > > gives the finger to its donors and continues as it wishes. > > Why > > wouldn't they, when your money keeps on coming in? > > > That money makes up more than 50% of Cambodia's budget > > but incredibly > > it is estimated that corrupt practices cost the Cambodian > > people 500 > > million dollars every year. That's hundreds of millions > > of dollars of > > foreign aid drained off to support a truly wicked > > government and their > > cohorts and used to bully the poor, imprison opponents, > > censor the > > media and steal land as and when they please in an > > environment where > > corruption is not just tolerated but encouraged. > > > Foreign taxpayers money started coming in 1992 when the UN > > established > > the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia > > (UNTAC). Its > > mandate was to implement law and order, rebuild the > > country's > > infrastructure and assist with the re-settlement of tens of > > thousands > > of people who had fled the murderous Khmer Rouge regime. > > Most > > importantly UNTAC was there to oversee free and fair > > elections. UNTAC > > bought more than 9,000 vehicles, spent $118 million on > > salaries and > > $62 million on travel and, incredibly, paid a daily > > hardship allowance > > to a large number of senior UN officials of more than the > > average > > annual Cambodian salary. Two billion dollars was spent in > > all and they > > failed. > > > The lead up to the 1993 elections was marred by violence > > and political > > intimidation, particularly by the members of the Cambodian > > People's > > Party (CPP); a party led by Hun Sen. Hun Sen had for some > > years been > > the Prime Minister of Cambodia having being installed by > > the > > Vietnamese as a puppet and this allowed him to make full > > use of his > > already established powers over the police and army. > > Bizarrely, > > despite the attacks but most likely because of the immense > > amount of > > dollars poured into Cambodia, the UN declared the election > > to be 'free > > and fair.' Nevertheless, regardless of all CPP attempts > > it was the > > Royalist party, FUNCINPEC, headed by Prince Ranariddh that > > headed the > > election with 45% of the vote against the 36% achieved by > > the CPP. > > > However, Hun Sen refused to accept this loss and with heavy > > threats > > backed by both military and police force and a few > > well-aimed grenades > > he destroyed the new democratic process by forcing a > > coalition with an > > unwilling FUNCINPEC. Incredibly this arrangement meant > > Cambodia was to > > have two Prime Ministers, with Ranariddh being Prime > > Minister Number > > One and Hun Sen, Prime Minister Number Two. Prime Ministers > > One and > > Two quickly increased M.P salaries ten-fold. And after > > spending $2 > > billion dollars of other people's money the UN sat back > > and allowed > > all this to happen and in the process showed Hun Sen that > > he could do > > just as he pleased. Meanwhile government and UN money kept > > on rolling > > in. > > > In 1997 Hun Sen, described by Singaporean strongman Lee > > Kwan Yew as > > "utterly merciless and ruthless, without humane > > feelings," carried out > > a bloody coup that removed FUNCIPEC from power. Hun Sen, an > > ex- > > military commander of the Khmer Rouge was now firmly in > > control and a > > series of 'free and fair' elections have sinced > > increased his > > parliamentary majority. That majority is surely nonsense; > > since 2000 I > > have made 8 or 9 visits to Cambodia and I have yet to find > > one > > Cambodian supporter of Hun Sen. Not one. What you can find > > though is > > fear, hatred and rage for that one-eyed demonic bastard. > > Yet your > > money keeps on rolling in. > > > Following the coup, to further secure his power, Hun Sen > > shaped 180 > > new ministerial positions, most of which he proceeded to > > sell for > > $100,000 a pop. It's often claimed that Hun Sen leads > > the biggest per > > capita government in the world and it is certainly one of > > the most > > corrupt. Yet donor money keeps on rolling in. It keeps on > > rolling in > > despite a 2003 UN development report that found that > > poverty has > > become much worse under Hun Sen and that the rate of infant > > mortality > > rose between 1987 and 2000; not that such matters as infant > > mortality, > > tuberculosis or grinding poverty would be of any concern to > > a man like > > Hun Sen. And the money keeps on rolling in despite Hun > > Sen's public > > support for the barbarians of the Burmese junta and it > > keeps on > > rolling in despite Cambodia's development as a breeding > > ground for > > terrorists. Ultimately your taxed dollars, funnelled > > through to > > Cambodia by the UN and government funds these outrages. How > > do you > > feel about that? > > > If well-targeted 4.4 million dollars could achieve many, > > many positive > > things in Cambodia. But certainly government has no right > > to take your > > money and then decide to use it in its own way, let alone > > in a way > > that helps > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
