You are being stereotype. I give you credit for expressing your opinions though. ;-)
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:23 AM, kangaroo <[email protected]> wrote: > Cambodian typical attitude cannot be eliminated because it has been > rooted into the society for a very long time. > If they can't agree on something, digging dirt on their persona; > affair would be the tool to destroy oneself. > That's Cambodians. > > > On Jan 11, 1:57 pm, "Bopha Angkor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Listen up lok Sambat, I barely know people here personally and I don't > care much how this or that people live their private life while it doesn't > threaten to collective or national interest. It is their ideas that merit to > be considered or not. All I see is you and your people traced and exposed Mr > Sophan privacy in public, whether right or wrong, because you and your > people don't like what he wrote and posted in PPP because for you and your > people, it didn't serve your Cambodia (cpp) interest. Tracing someone life > or privacy in public for his opinions or political stands is considered as a > threat to people privacy or life for political purpose. > > > > Of course, you don't need to claim who you are. Your message and > behaviors show it clearly here. People can see it and feel it. > > > > Bopha Angkor > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Heng Sombat > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 12:56 AM > > Subject: RE: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post > > > > Dear Bopha Angkor, With all your respect sir, I have a few questions > for you. Do you know Mr. Sophan personally? If not you need to find out > more about him from the Khmers in Hawaii and Khmers Canada first. What and > how do you come to conclusion that I threaten Mr. Sophan privacy or life? > All I said was for him to stop taking advantage of people and telling lies. > My Cambodian political party is not in power, actually we have less MP in > the Parliament than SRP. I am all about progress for Khmer people. Are > You? For your information, I was one of the young Khmers that help other > Khmers mobilized helps in the late 70' and early 80'. Signing your name > under city or country would be fine, but signing your name above an > institution would be implying your association or representing that > institution. > > > > Sire, I hope this help you clarify my pure heart intention. Because > when we are weak, enemies will strike. > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bopha Angkor > > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 4:03 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post > > > > Sir, > > > > One visible social behavior is a complex social relation specially for > a society like one Cambodian. Prejudge people from one visible fence can be > completely false of one reality. You and your people trace and threaten to > Mr Sophan privacy and life because Mr Sophan dares to stand his opinions > which is opposed or not in line to your band political line. - Mr sombat, I > don't see any wrong to sign with a locate where people live or precise one > statue. Non paragraph of Mr Sopha talked on behalf of other but his own > opinions. > > > > Right or wrong, what you and your people trace about Mr Sophan privacy > or behaviors revealed a morality fence, nothing to see with his political > stand but threaten people life or privacy for rising voice against a > tyrannical regime or behaviors is sure a "political crime or threat" - Khmer > Monks are also Khmer citizen why they cant fulfill their duty to protect and > preserve their society while vietcong monks or cpp monks can widely run > religions or Buddhism as political tool to poisoning or silent Khmer people > in order to better kill and destroy Khmers. > > > > One dominant culture of Khmer rouge, tyrants and fanatics emerges in > Cambodia since decades: > > > > First they try to corrupt you. If it doesn't work, they trace your > privacy and that of your family and if it doesn't work, it is your life and > those of yours that these tyrants will try to reach. > > > > Cheers > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Savouth Chea > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 12:31 AM > > > > Subject: Re: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post > > > > Aloha, > > > > As a resident of Hawaii, which Sophan Seng claims he represents, I > wanted to share my observations, thoughts, and also questions about his > motives. Unfortunately, I didn't like what I saw of him, and I only foresee > further disruption. > > > > Sophan Seng came to Hawaii to further his education back in 2006. > The first time he set foot in Hawaii, I introduced him to some Cambodian > community members since he was a Khmer new to the island. Some knew his > background from the past and had their opinions (good but mostly bad), but I > tried not to take people's word for it. As months progressed, however, I > came to see that the warnings I had heard were true. First, he used the > Buddhist religion to advance himself rather than becoming a monk selflessly > in dedication to Buddha. How do I know this? While attending the > University of Hawaii, he lived in a co-educational dormitory. One may think > this is not a big deal nowadays, but should a monk put himself in the > company and living quarters of females? Is this appropriate? He often > flirted with young female members of our community and made inappropriate > comments - causing some of our youth and their parents to become very upset! > He was affiliated with a so-called 'temple' in Hawaii, and performed > Buddhist ceremonies. That was reasonable because he was a monk, right? But > in 2009, he visited Cambodia from Hawaii, ostensibly still a monk, but came > back to the United States only a couple of months later with a wife! Prior > to his trip back to Cambodia, he told members of the community in Hawaii > that he was going there to represent and gain support for the temple and the > Buddhist religion. The 'temple committee' gave him $400, and some > individual people also gave him money, since he was a monk and/or student. > Poor him, right? When he came back with a wife, people were shocked. Did > he care? Apparently not. He did not attempt to explain himself nor > apologize for using the monies to go back to Cambodia to get married. No, > he used religion for personal gain. Sad but true. > > > > To people that do not know him, Sophan Seng represents himself as a > 'community facilitator.' To be a facilitator, ideally one has to be > neutral, or at least try to maintain neutrality. Instead, he openly > expresses his opinion about Cambodian politics. In fact, even as a monk, > whose studies are supposed to focus on learning and internalizing Buddhist > principles and the path to peace, he chose to pursue a degree in political > science. Most if not all of the articles he has written to the Phnom Penh > Post (PPP) discuss politics. At the close of each of his articles, he > signed "Sophan Seng, University Hawaii at Manoa, United States," or > "Cambodian Students of Aloha" (the University's student organization). > This might indicate that his opinions echo those of other Khmer at the > University of Hawaii. They do not. Again, he is not representing the > university, Khmer in Hawaii, or the United States of America. He used these > closures to make himself look good with outside parties. Not all Khmer in > Hawaii (or elsewhere in the United States) agree with him. > > > > In his previous correspondence, Sophan stated, "If you want to know > me more, go to these links." The links he provided, > http://www2.hawaii.edu/~csaloha/officers.htmlandhttp://www2.hawaii.edu/~sophan/<http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ecsaloha/officers.htmlandhttp://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Esophan/>, > are links that were self-created -- using the university- related resources > (originally created for the use of the student group as a whole) for > personal gain, again. Was the information he put on the site approved by > the majority of the students in the organization? Has anyone else > affiliated with the CSAloha used this site for personal boasting? No. Not > even the founders, myself or Mr. Chanthoeun To, ever considered using this > site to toot our own horns. The purpose of CSAloha, '.does not represent > any political or religious ideologies both on/off campus.' Yet he used the > university-based name/group to send articles about politics to PPP and other > media. Like Mr. Heng Sombat mentioned in his email, 'He just wanted his > name to be read in Phnom Penh Post.' > > > > Most of the articles he wrote to the PPP from Hawaii attacked the > current Cambodian government and sided with opposition political parties. > Hmmm . . . Sophan, when you were in Cambodia, did you write any articles to > the PPP? Or did you simply enjoy yourself there and then come back to the > safety of the U.S. to criticize Cambodia? Why attack the government of your > own country? Do you just use your country for personal gain as well? > Samdech Hun Sen has been a Prime Minister for years. He lives in Cambodia > most of his life, unlike Mr. Sam Rainsy. When problems arise in the > country, Samdech Hun Sen is still there. How about Mr. Sam Rainsy? He > leaves the country when problems come up. Then, his students and his > followers pay the price since they can't leave the country like him. Now, > I am not affiliated with any political party in Cambodia. I am simply > noting that you only support a given official or bureaucrat when it suits > you. Perhaps it is easier to get an American scholarship if you are > attacking a socialist country leader rather than supporting him? Sophan, > why try to divide the country instead of uniting it? Are you using your > Canadian and US bases to get asylum to live abroad permanently?? > > > > Your articles to the PPP do not help the current issues in Cambodia; > instead, you are dividing the government and her people. Before you decide > to sound off your opinion again, you should take a look at yourself in the > mirror again and think about whether you are helping Cambodia with your > words and actions, or, by pretending to be some sort of expert from the > safety of your current North American address, making things worse for the > people of our motherland. > > > > Savouth Chea > > > > Honolulu, Hawaii > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] De > la part > > de Heng Sombat > > Envoyé : samedi 9 janvier 2010 21:08 > > À : [email protected] > > Objet : RE: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post > > > > Sophan, > > > > The CSALOHA website is very outdated > > > > ... > > > > 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. 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