Re: http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc/browse_thread/thread/342b72317b992325#
Neak Kampuchea, Hinduism doesn't teach to eat fresh meat (are you aware that Hindus even worship cows, monkeys, etc?? d'ohh!!), or to explore new lands (Hinduism is confined to India). Even though Buddhism teaches to not kill, there have always been butchers and fishermen. Can you tell of any time period in Cambodia when there were no butchers and no fishermen?? Can you tell of any time period in Cambodia when Cambodians didn't eat meat?? The strict rules of Buddhism apply only to monks, plus, although monks aren't allowed to kill, they're allowed to eat meat, d'ohh!! Are you aware that the historical Buddha himself ate meat?? Anyway, can you tell of a religion that doesn't teach to not kill?? Do you realize that the Vietnamese and the Chinese themselves are also Buddhists?? Kampuchea Krom was taken from Cambodia by the French, not by any religious or political Cambodian leader, and handed over to Vietnam. There were no immigrants to Kampuchea Krom. Kampuchea Krom was torn apart from Cambodia and given to Vietnam by the French. Naturally when Kampuchea Krom became a part of Vietnam, some Vietnamese people moved in; that wasn't immigration; it was demographic dynamic, as Kampuchea Krom is a part of Vietnam. Are you aware that at the present time there's a movement in the West that's fighting against eating meat?? Are you aware that former Beatle Paul McCartney is the leading spokesman of that movement?? So, if not- eating-meat is that harmful, why does that movement in the West exist?? Are you aware that eating meat isn't good for your health?? Are you aware that the Vietnamese people in Vietnam follow the strict-rules-for-monks of Buddhism more strictly than the Cambodian people in Cambodia do?? They have at least 1 day of being vegetarian every month, while the Cambodians don't have anything like that. So, are you aware that blaming on the not-eating-meat for the ills of Cambodia is ridiculous?? Do you realize that the Khmer Rouge were hostile to Buddhism and were trying to erase it from Cambodia?? Thus, according to you, the Khmer Rouge did the right thing. Hence, according to you, the genocide as attempted by the Khmer Rouge was also right. D'ohh!! Well Well, you double the length of your article by repeating the entire first part of it. Why do you do that?? D'ohh!! Are you a Hindu?? Or a Christian?? Your claim "And young Cambodian generation will slowly change and change their minds for ever with no way to stop them by any mean except God." is an evidence that you're anti-Buddhism because you believe in a god while Buddhism completely ignores the concept of god. Stop blaming Buddhism for the ills of Cambodia. Don't try to use the ills of Cambodia as a pretext to attack Buddhism. How many more times do I need to educate you that Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos are also Buddhist countries, plus they're even more Buddhist than Cambodia?? If you're a Hindu or a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim, then admit it, so that we would have a fair discussion. ---------- Extra (D'ohh!!) Do you realize that blaming Buddhism for the ills of Cambodia is as "good" as blaming Vietnam for the ills of Cambodia?? D'ohh!! ---------- 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
