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"1) Vietnam didn't order the Khemr Rouge to ...", "Khemr"` should've been: "Khmer". D'ohh!! Pheng On Oct 23, 6:08 pm, Pheng Kim Ving <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Meeng Thavary, > > It's deeply heart-breaking and extremely sad and tormenting when we > remind ourselves that we were of the lost generation of Cambodia. > We've heard of other groups in some other countries claiming that > thye're a lost generation. But compared to us the youth in Cambodia of > around 1975, they're hardly "lost" at all. > > We were the real "lost" generation, in the sense that most of us were > literally destroyed, that is, murdered, by the unspeakably barbaric > Khmer Rouge. Only a handful of us managed to survive, and a handful of > this handful succeeded in escaping to a new country. > > Speaking about our difference, I think that that's not either strange > or saddening. As they say, in a room with 100 people in it, there are > 101 different opinions. So we should accept our difference as a fact > of life. The thing that we shouldn't and can't accept is the insulting > or cursing full of hatred and evil against those who're different from > us in opinion or view or thought. If we don't agree with someone, we > have to present counter-arguments, not mockeries or insults, let alone > barbaric lowly disgusting curses full of hatred and evil. You're one > of only a very few who adopt and adhere to this noble principle. > > OK. As for our difference, I have to clarify to you that > I've claimed only the following 2 aspects: > > 1) Vietnam didn't order the Khemr Rouge to commit the genocide against > the Cambodian people, and > > 2) The main reason of the destruction of the Khmer Rouge regime by > Vietnam was to stop the Khmer Rouge from murdering the Vietnamese > people in Vietnam in areas along the border with the then Khmer > Rouge's Kampuchea, and as a secondary consequence of this action the > Cambodian people and particularly the Khmer race were saved from > extinction as attempted by the unspeakably barbaric Khmer Rouge. > > I`ve not said anything else about the Cambodia/Vietnam relationship or > history. > > All Right. Dear meeng, thank you. You also please take care of > yourself. > > Sincerely, > > Pheng -- 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
