On Nov 20, 1:07 pm, Pheng Kim Ving <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?? >
And what are you trying to say about Cambodians? > 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. > The world knows that Kampuchea krom is the land of Vietnam, not Cambodia. If the French took it away from Cambodia and gave it to Vietnam, can you tell us why? > Are you aware that at the present time there's a movement in the West > that's fightin' 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?? > What do "eat meat'" and "not to eat meat" have anything to do with Cambodia? > 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!! > Khmer Rouge did the right thing when it comes to what they wanted to accomplish. They did it wrong when we look at it from the global issues perspective. That's enough of the nonsense. -- 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
