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Dear Kangaroo,
You said, “You can call them Kampucheans, Khmers etc..... They are
all
the same man.”
I have no problem with that Cambodians, Kampucheans, Khmers. These
names are the same in the sense that it refers to the same people who
share the same territorial boundary. It is the same as if one calls
it Cambodia, Kampuchea, or Srok Khmer. All refers to the same
geographical location.
The problem I have is you just made another false statement, “ This
act only further split their own society.” There is not much I can do
about this. It is your opinion, though, it is an uniformed opinion.
As far as I can remember neither there is no record of war or conflict
between Kampucheans and Khmers nor is there a record of war or
conflict between Khmers and Cambodians. No one ever fought a war in
Cambodia because one was a Kampuchean as opposed to because one was a
Khmer.
War and conflict did occur due to preference of difference in
political ideologies such as Communist vs. the Free world.
Republicanism vs. Monarchism and so on so forth.
I have a feeling that there is a sense of pernicious and
vindictiveness in your statement here the fact that you are only
targeting just my people and my culture and not the Chinese, the
Middle Eastern nationals, or the Europeans. Some had it worst than
Cambodia.
“Cambodians have been fighting each other for a very long time”
In recent Cambodia's history, let me recount, for your information:
. From 1970 to 1975 ideological war
. From 1979 – the war was between the invading force and the
Khmer
Rouge.
. 1991 Paris Peace Agreement ( no more war)
. 1997 a mall coup that last for a very short
time.
. There is no war since.
What I tried to demonstrate here is that there are factions of
Cambodians who had fought in the past.
To say that, “Cambodians have been fighting each other for a very long
time,” is simply a fat exaggeration intended to belittling Cambodia
and Cambodian People.
I hope you are conscious of the words and phrase you are using.
Respectfully yours,
Jay
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