Hi Jay, You're right. Even though we believed loork Khoar Chev was a Khmer Rouge because he (jokingly, according to him) admitted so, we still had respect for him, or at least we restrained ourselves from being revengeful to him, as we had relatives who were tragically murdered by the Khmer Rouge, and thus we never like the Khmer Rouge.
Respectfully, Pheng Kim Ving On Aug 19, 3:23 pm, Jayakhmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Loork Khoar Chev, > > I couldn't agree more. Both Kim Ving and myself were exercising > restrained. Although on the one hand we did not think your were a > Khmer Rouge, we went along with your (pretense) confession just in > case your really were. As you may have noticed both of us maintained > our profound respect for you, even if you were a Khmer Rouge. > > As I have stated here before, my father was executed by a Khmer > Rouge. I jumped in the fray let all the Khmer Rouges (or former Khmer > Rouges) know that I am at peace with this issue. Khmer Rouge is > another hot button of which I work hard to be conscious. > > Loork, we have to smart about all of these buttons; so that, > politicians will exercise their restrain when they want to talk down > to us. I am for the people. I want us all to be thinkers so that no > one can manipulate us any more. > > Respectfully yours, > > Jay > > On Aug 19, 9:10 am, Khoar Chev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dear Lok Jay, Kim Ving, > > First let me say " Let Stop this Joke ", I was not a KR, I'll never be a KR > > for what so ever reason! > > Lok Jay, you have been in Camdisc for a long time, I thought you should > > know my standing as well, I have spoken openly here for years, most of us > > here should have known my position my stand point. > > Dear Kim Ving, if you read my reply closely you should know that this was > > not real. I joked along in my story, most of friends here are laughing, > > knew that it was a joke. The reason I started it because you insisted that > > I was a Khmer Rouge even I said people in Camdisc who know who I am are > > laughing, but you did not get it, so I went along with your > > accusation. What I want to say here is " Let stop it right here! I am Not a > > Khmer Rouge ". > > It's nobody false, just some misunderstood, so let's move on. > > Khoar Chev ( Made in Cambodia ) > > > --- On Thu, 8/19/10, Pheng Kim Ving <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Pheng Kim Ving <[email protected]> > > Subject: Reason(s) Why Loork Khoar Chev Joined The Khmer Rouge > > To: "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) -www.cambodia.org" > > <[email protected]> > > Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010, 5:09 AM > > > Re:http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc/browse_thread/thread/dc502b3db... > > > Sursdey Jay, > > > What a wonderful insight!! > > > Now I like to express my opinion in response to your assessment that > > no one knows the reason why loork Khoar Chev joined the Khmer Rouge. > > Right, no one knows. However I believe that one or more of the > > following is or are the reason or reasons why he joined the Khmer > > Rouge: > > > - he was a socialist and/or a communist (nothing wrong with that, by > > nature I'm a socialist) > > > - he wanted Sihanouk to be back in power and he believed the civil war > > was between Lon Nol and Sihanouk, not between Lon Nol and the Khmer > > Rouge > > > - he believed Cambodia was under the US imperialism and he wanted to > > liberate Cambodia from this imperialism > > > - he or his relative(s) or friend(s) was mistreated, or his > > relative(s) or friend(s) was killed, by the Lon Nol regime (or the > > Sihanouk regime if he joined the Khmer Rouge before 18 March 1970) > > > - he was recruited by the Khmer Rouge when he was so young that he > > didn't understand politics yet > > > Or perhaps some other reason or reasons, which I now can't guess. > > > Well, anyway, we agree that it's indeed a brave act on his part to > > confess that he was a Khmer Rouge. Yeah, we forgive him (because he > > wasn't a top brass of the Khmer Rouge regime), and we hope he > > continues to participate in this forum. > > > Regards, > > > Pheng Kim Ving > > > -- > > 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/camdisc > > Learn more -http://www.cambodia.org- 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
