Dear Kangaroo, I have a couple minutes here and let me respond to another portion of your statement.
“As you understand, attacking individual is wrong.” You have a valid idea here. One should not attack an individual, the proper way is the debate idea. As you have seen here, I have been addressing your ideas and your statements. Here you said, “I strongly criticize the culture of Cambodia because they embrace the culture of corruption and to practice the culture of impunity over no one but their own people in their own country.” Cambodia is not unique in this matter. I am not in any way condoning corruption or defending it. To be fair, corruption exists in almost every culture. That is why nations adopted laws to addressing corruptions. When you said, “I strongly criticize the culture of Cambodia because they embrace the culture of corruption and to practice the culture of impunity over no one but their own people in their own country,” the SRP and its members would vehemently disagree with you because the word "Cambodia" by definition includes everyone in it. See, the flaw now. It is the same thing, when people said, “ CPP members are corrupted.” It only takes one good CPP member who is not corrupted to invalid this statement. This is why I have a big problem with your statements. Respectfully yours, Jay On Oct 18, 7:07 pm, kangaroo <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > I am pretty sure you are not alone. I am sorry that my opinion offends > you in anyways. > However, that is my view. If you can show me clearly that my view is > wrong, then I would change it. > > > You are free to criticize individuals, but not the Cambodian people in > > general. > > Why not? > Are Cambodians specials in anyways? > If you strongly believe that my view is wrong, you should be able to > provide a clear message to discredit it. > Would you please do that? > I love to change my mind if I am wrong. > > > 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. > > if you don't understand what I am saying, why are you criticizing it. > If I don't understand something, I would say to the author that I > don't undertand it. I would not say that the author is wrong or > whatever. > > > 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 know that. That's exactly what I said in general. I don't pick a > cerain thing, or a certain individual for discussion because I know > it's not right. As you understand, attacking individual is wrong. > Perhaps, you are trying to force yourself not to believe what I am > saying. > I make it very clear on what I am saying and why I am saying it. > Remember! I strongly criticize the culture of Cambodia because they > embrace the culture of corruption and to practice the culture of > impunity over no one but their own people in their own country. > I can spend along time to discuss about this matter. However, I do > believe that the people of Cambodia at all levels practice this > culture. They bribe officials at all levels to get the job done. They > practice impunity everywhere within the society. Social classification > is the way life. They praise those who find good position to corrupt > to get rich. They abuse the poor as animals. > > > 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. > > You had been patient on your own will. No one forces you. > I am glad that Cambodians are improving as you are saying. > However, I still believe that corruption and impunity are still parts > of the Cambodian culture. > That's wrong. > > > Please do not confuse what I have written thus far as a translation. > > I have to analyze your statement before we are debating. > > Perhaps, you are confused yourself. My message has not been changed > for a very long time. > My friend, > If it's me, I would not come and say what you have been saying. You > have been showing your anger and offered nothing in discredit my view. > It's not going to change anything if you don't do that. > > > We will start debating seriously when you learn how to make a valid > > argument. > > It seems like you raised yourself up in the air. > Good job. -- 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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