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Dear Kangaroo, Thank you for responding. I’d like to respond to this portion of your statements because I only have a few minutes here: You wrote,“If you believe that you are a Cambodian, then my message is very clear. You don't need to translate. My opinion is targeting Cambodians. I bring out behavior, culture as the forefront of my criticism. That is very clear. However, there are some people who choose not to believe what they are reading. As you have seen many discussion[s] around here, you see it again and again that they would come out and attack one's personality because they can't argue with the reality.” I do not believe that I am Cambodian. Unequivocally, I know I am Cambodian. And the message is not clear. It is, as I have stated, full of generalization as it always does. I did not translate your statement; I merely pointed out the flaw of your statement. And flaw statement literally cannot be taken seriously. In this portion, your statement proved two things when you wrote, “My opinion is targeting Cambodians. I bring out behavior, culture as the forefront of my criticism.” 1) You appear to be not conscious of the word you are using. I hate to be a broken record. The word “Cambodians” applies to all of us. And I particularly offended, when you paint my culture and my people with broad brushes. You are free to criticize individuals, but not the Cambodian people in general. 2) You appear have very little understanding of the culture you are criticizing. I spotted your writing since I got involved in this community in this forum. For a long time, I gave the benefit of the doubt that you just doing this to annoy us. Clearly, up to now, I do not think understand what you are saying. Every culture as well as every society has good people and bad people. Even in a small family, even children from the same parents, you will not find two children who behave exactly the same. I have been patient with the kind of statements you put forth for the world about my people and my culture. Cambodia may not as advance as other nation now, but Cambodia will learn and grow. The very culture that you are criticizing will sustain its people to work hard and to rebuild. In this sense, I am proud to say my culture, if anything, is resilient. We have been here for 2000 years and we will be here for a very long time. Please do not confuse what I have written thus far as a translation. I have to analyze your statement before we are debating. We will start debating seriously when you learn how to make a valid argument. Respectfully yours, Jay -- 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
