By the way, are you telling me to stop generalizing, or are you just asking it?
On Oct 24, 2:16 am, Pheng Kim Ving <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear kangaroo, > > It's time for you to stop generalizing. Yeah Yeah there are Cambodians > who're corrupt or ready to fight other Cabodians for power. However of > course there are also Cambodians who're not corrupt or ready to fight > other Cambodians for power. > > Pheng > > On Oct 23, 1:54 pm, kangaroo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My answer to you is very obvious. The culture of the Cambodian people > > practice this culture. > > I don't know how much more I need to explain it. > > It seems like that you disagree with my statement. Instead of offering > > something to discredit my statement, you turn ask like you don't > > understand. Perhaps, you don't understand it. Who knows? > > My friend, > > Cambodian society is very corrupted. They bribe officials as normal > > practice. They distort one another endlessly. They split their own > > community into different classification. This is very normal in > > Cambodia. > > They are talking about unfair practices. Yet, they still send their > > own children to work for the rich people and vice versa. You can find > > these things alll over Cambodia, in America, France among Cambodian > > people community. > > > On Oct 23, 6:51 am, Jayakhmer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear Kangaroo, > > > I have a quick access to the internet here. > > > > It appears that my qualitative approach does not register with you. > > > Not even a bit. > > > Let me try the quantitative approach. > > > > You said, “As far as I know, Cambodians bribe officials from the top > > > all the way > > > to the very bottom of the society to get things done. Then they cry > > > how unfair it is. What is that?” > > > > Of the 14 million Cambodians (let us assume that there are 14 > > > millions), in your knowledge how many are involving in act of bribery? > > > A. 100%= All Cambodians or Cambodians > > > B. 75%= Most Cambodians > > > C. 50%= Half Cambodians > > > D. 35%=less than half Cambodian > > > What is your answer? Let us just stick to this issue. > > > > On Oct 21, 12:16 pm, kangaroo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Oct 21, 10:51 am, Jayakhmer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I am Cambodian, and I am frankly offended by your non-stop pernicious > > > > > attacks on my people and my culture. This alone proves the level of > > > > > you moral and ethical standard. But who I am to judge. As long as > > > > > you can live with yourself, more power to you. > > > > > You don't need to tell that. > > > > > > You made silly statements all the times, granted, it is your rights. > > > > > I simply wanted point that out to you. > > > > > Here is what I don't understand. If it is a silly statement, why do > > > > you keep coming back trying to defend with nonsense? > > > > If you know it is wrong, give us the right version. > > > > Don't try to attack one's personality like many other Cambodians have > > > > been doing. > > > > Perhaps you are a real Cambodian with the behavior that I have been > > > > describing. > > > > If that's the case, you are the example of what I've been saying. > > > > > > Here is an example: > > > > > > "Cambodian people think about their own righteousness..." and in the > > > > > same breath you said, " ...Cambodian people embraces the culture of > > > > > corruption..." > > > > > Is it true, or not? > > > > As far as I know, Cambodians bribe officials from the top all the way > > > > to the very bottom of the society to get things done. Then they cry > > > > how unfair it is. What is that? > > > > > > If Cambodian people think about their own righteousness, how can they > > > > > the same time embrace corruption. In addition, it only take one > > > > > person or one think to prove that your statements are false statement. > > > > > If they think as a nation, they would not distort one another as we > > > > have seen in Cambodia. > > > > Many people have come out and say that other countries in Asia have > > > > been doing it too. > > > > My response is that if you other countries have been bad things, it > > > > doesn't make it good things for Cambodians to do the same thing. > > > > > Oh! If you think it is a false statement, can you explain us why it is > > > > a false statement. > > > > Can you bring yourself to do that? > > > > > > I, for one, never think that my people or my culture is perfect. We > > > > > know we have flaw just like anybody else. And I don't embrace any > > > > > culture of corruption and so do thousands of other Cambodians. > > > > > You may not as an individual. > > > > However, the society itself view it as a way to get things done fast. > > > > You see it at the entrance to Cambodia. > > > > You see it on the streets of Phnom Penh. > > > > You see it at higher levels all the time. > > > > > > See, how nonsense your statements were. Those are just two > > > > > sentences. The burden of prove on my part is very low, I don't need > > > > > to give you anything. Just telling you that you don't make any sense > > > > > is enough. > > > > > You have shown anything to prove it that it is a nonsense statement. > > > > You are right. You don't need to give me anything. You can say or do > > > > whatever you want. > > > > At the same time, it is working the same for me. > > > > > Again, it is very simple if you just come out and explain yourself why > > > > you disagree with a certain comment or statement. People would agree > > > > or disagree with you then. If you just come out and say that that > > > > statement is wrong, you have offered nothing to discredit it. It > > > > simply reinterate the statement itself as true.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- 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
